Health risk behaviours amongst school adolescents: protocol for a mixed methods study

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Nabil Tachfouti¹  Samira El Fakir¹  Mohamed Berraho¹  Abdelghaffar El Ammari¹  Adil Najdi¹  Hicham El Kazdouh¹  Chakib Nejjari²  Youness El Achhab³  Driss Lamri⁴ 

[1] Laboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Fez, B.P 1893, Km 2.2 Route Sidi Harazem, 30000, Fez, Morocco;Laboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Fez, B.P 1893, Km 2.2 Route Sidi Harazem, 30000, Fez, Morocco;Mohammed VI University for Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco;Laboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Fez, B.P 1893, Km 2.2 Route Sidi Harazem, 30000, Fez, Morocco;Regional Centre for Careers Education and Training of Taza, Taza, Morocco;Regional Centre for Careers Education and Training of Taza, Taza, Morocco;

关键词: Health-risk behaviours;    Quantitative and qualitative methods;    Health education;    Adolescents;    School;    Morocco;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-016-3873-4

 received in 2016-10-27, accepted in 2016-11-24,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDetermining risky behaviours of adolescents provides valuable information for designing appropriate intervention programmes for advancing adolescent’s health. However, these behaviours are not fully addressed by researchers in a comprehensive approach. We report the protocol of a mixed methods study designed to investigate the health risk behaviours of Moroccan adolescents with the goal of identifying suitable strategies to address their health concerns.MethodsWe used a sequential two-phase explanatory mixed method study design. The approach begins with the collection of quantitative data, followed by the collection of qualitative data to explain and enrich the quantitative findings. In the first phase, the global school-based student health survey (GSHS) was administered to 800 students who were between 14 and 19 years of age. The second phase engaged adolescents, parents and teachers in focus groups and assessed education documents to explore the level of coverage of health education in the programme learnt in the middle school. To obtain opinions about strategies to reduce Moroccan adolescents’ health risk behaviours, a nominal group technique will be used.DiscussionThe findings of this mixed methods sequential explanatory study provide insights into the risk behaviours that need to be considered if intervention programmes and preventive strategies are to be designed to promote adolescent’s health in the Moroccan school.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2016