Global School-based Student Health Survey 2004
Jordan, 2004
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JOR_2004_GSHS_v01_M
Global School-based Student Health Survey 2004
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Jordan | JOR |
World Health Survey [hh/whs]
The Global school-based student health survey (GSHS) is a collaborative surveillance project designed to help countries measure and assess the behavioural risk factors and protective factors in 10 key areas among young people aged 13 to 17 years. The GSHS is a relatively low-cost school-based survey which uses a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data on young people's health behaviour and protective factors related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults worldwide. The GSHS was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with United Nations' UNICEF, UNESCO, and UNAIDS; and with technical assistance from CDC.
As of December 2011, representatives from more than 107 countries have been trained and 73 countries have completed a GSHS. Twenty-nine countries have been trained but have not conducted their surveys because of insufficient funds, staff turnover, or other in-country barriers. More than 420,000 students have participated in a GSHS survey.
Jordan completed the first GSHS conducted by the MOH/ school health directorate in 2004 to provide accurate base line data on health risk behaviours and protective factors to help in developing priorities, establish programmes, and advocate for resources for school health and youth health programmes and policies; establish trends in the prevalence of health risk behaviours and protective factors for use in evaluation of school health and youth health promotion; allow countries, international agencies, and others to make comparisons across countries and within countries regarding the prevalence of health risk behaviours and protective factors, and establish surveillance systems for health risk behaviours and protective factors.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Students aged 13-15 years
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
Scope
The 2004 Jordan GSHS measured unintentional injuries and violence; hygiene; dietary behaviours and overweight; physical activity; tobacco use; mental health; and protective factors.
Coverage
National coverage
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Ministry of Health |
| Ministry of Education |
| World Health Organization |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Name |
|---|
| United Nations Children's Fund |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Health Organization | Financial and Technical Assistance |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Financial and Technical Assistance |
Sampling
The 2004 Jordan GSHS employed a two-stage cluster sample design to produce a representative sample of students in 8th through 10th grades. The first-stage sampling frame consisted of all schools containing any of 8th through 10th grades. Schools were selected with probability proportional to school enrolment size. 26 schools were selected to participate in the Jordan GSHS, 13 of them were male schools, and distributed as follow: 23 public schools, 2 private schools in Greater Amman, and 1 UNRWA school. Public schools are geographically distributed as follow: 11 in Greater Amman, other governorates: 4 in Irbid, 3 in Zarqa, and 1 in each of Ajlon, Aqaba, Jarash, Madaba, Karak.
The second stage of sampling consisted of randomly selecting intact classrooms (using a random start) from each school to participate. All classrooms in each selected school were included in the sampling frame. All students in the sampled classrooms were eligible to participate in the GSHS. The sample of students was 2613 students from the sampled 78 classrooms.
For the 2004 Jordan GSHS, 2,457 questionnaires were completed in 26 schools. The school response rate was 100%, the student response rate was 95%, and the overall response rate was 95%. The data set was cleaned and edited for inconsistencies. Missing data were not statistically imputed. Software that takes into consideration the complex sample design was used to compute prevalence estimates and 95% confidence intervals. GSHS data are representative of all students attending 8th through 10th grades in Jordan.
A weighting factor was applied to each student record to adjust for non-response and for the varying probabilities of selection.
W= W1W2f1f2f3
were:
W1 = the inverse of the probability of selecting the school;
W2 = the inverse of the probability of selecting the classroom within the school;
f1 = a school- level non response adjustment factor calculated by school size category (small, medium, large). The factor was calculated in terms of school enrolment instead of numbers of schools.
f2 = a school- level non response adjustment factor calculated by class.
f3 = a post stratification adjustment factor calculated by grade.
Survey instrument
The GSHS uses a standardized scientific sample selection process; common school-based methodology; and core questionnaire modules, core-expanded questions, and country-specific questions that are combined to form a self-administered questionnaire that can be administered during one regular class period.
The Jordan GSHS questionnaire contained 87 questions addressing the following topics:
- Respondents demography.
- Dietary behaviours
- Personal hygiene.
- Mental health.
- Physical activity.
- Protective factors.
- Tobacco use.
- Violence and unintentional injury.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2004-05-23 | 2004-05-24 |
| Name |
|---|
| Ministry of Health |
| Ministry of Education |
- Approval and permission to conduct the study were obtained from both MOH & MOE.
- The GSHS questionnaire was reviewed by Dr Hydar Atoum, Dr Samar Batarseh and Fairouze Al Abbadi.and the questions that suit the Jordanian society were selected and translated into Arabic language. 43 questions were used from the GSHS global core modules and 44 additional questions were added from the GSHS core expanded set of questions and three questions were developed by the country experts on topics of specific interest in Jordan.
- A total of 87 questions in 12 pages were selected for Jordan, three more questions of national concern were added relevant to addiction (Alcohol, addicting drug, smoking, sleeping pills, inhalants, and other substances), for the purpose of identifying the size of the problem of substance abuse among students.
- Print out & copying of the accredited and translated questionnaire was done and 3000 copies were prepared.
- Preparing special forms at school level for the selected sample of schools (School level form) and forms at class level (Class level form).
- Translating & printout of all the instructions relevant to field survey implementation activities: (Student instructions, School message, and Instructions for field workers).
- A pilot study was first conducted in focal groups in a number of schools out of the selected school sample.
- A one day workshop was held on for training field workers on how to implement survey activities in the field. Trainers illustrated practically the implementation activities. Copies of questionnaires & answer sheets, pencils, instructions, envelops of different sizes were delivered to them.
Data collection occurred from 23rd to 24th May 2004. Survey procedures were designed to protect student privacy by allowing for anonymous and voluntary participation. Students completed the self-administered questionnaire during one classroom period and recorded their responses directly on a computer-scanable answer sheet. Approximately, seventeen Survey Administrators were specially trained to conduct the GSHS.
The answer sheets, questionnaires, school level forms and class level forms were gathered and put in the envelops according to survey protocol and CDC instructions and sent via FedEx company to CDC/Atlanta on 9/6/2004, for data entry, processing, and analysis and the envelopes were returned to Jordan as agreed on in order to analyze questions number 88, 89 & 90 which were of special interest to Jordan.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion | World Health Organization | http://www.who.int/chp/gshs/en/ | chronicdiseases@who.int |
GSHS data release and publication policies and procedures are based on the following guiding principles:
- GSHS data are owned by the official country-level agency (ex. Ministry of Health) conducting or sponsoring the survey.
- Public health and scientific advancement are best served by an open and timely exchange of data and data analyses.
- The privacy of participating schools and students must be protected.
- Data quality must be maintained.
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education of Jordan, World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jordan Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2004, Ref. JOR_2004_GSHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion | World Health Organization | chronicdiseases@who.int | http://www.who.int/chp/gshs/en/ |
Metadata production
DDI_JOR_2004_GSHS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2013-11-08
Metadata version
Version 01 (November 2013)