Table 7 Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between health risk behaviour indicators (columns) and the studied national health strategy indicators (rows; only the significant coefficients are presented, p < 0.05).

From: Risk and protective factors for health behaviour in adolescence in Europe

 

Suicide -14

Suicide 15-

Adol pregn

Alcohol

Drug

Smoking

Phys act

Leisure act

National strategies, programmes

 National strategy on health promotinga

  

− 0.469

     

 Policy of having sexuality educationb

  

− 0.412

     

 Education addresses sexual partner violencec

− 0.451

− 0.449

      

 Funding of eHealth programmes (public sources)c

− 0.422

     

0.439

 

 Having a budget allocated for these strategiesc

    

0.533

   
  1. Suicide-14: suicide and intentional self-harm, 0–14 years, per 100,000 population, Suicide 15-: suicide and intentional self-harm, 15–29 years, per 100,000 population, Adol pregn: adolescent pregnancy rate (per 1000 women), Alcohol: pure alcohol consumption, litres per capita, age 15–29 years, Drug: drug dependence and toxicomania, 15–29 years, per 100,000 population, Smoking: proportion of 15-year-old adolescents smoking daily, Phys act: performing health-enhancing aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity 15–19 years at least once a week, Leisure act: Percentage of children in households where at least one child does not participate in a “regular leisure activity” and/or "go on holiday away from home at least one week per year.
  2. data sources (see Table 1).
  3. aSituation of child and adolescent health in Europe.
  4. bGlobal Health Observatory Data Repository.
  5. cWHO Global eHealth survey 2015.
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