Global School-based Student Health Survey 2005
Oman, 2005
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OMN_2005_GSHS_v01_M
Global School-based Student Health Survey 2005
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Oman | OMN |
World Health Survey [hh/whs]
The 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.
The 2005 Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) is the first GSHS conducted in Oman by the ministry of health with collaboration of Ministry of Education during April 2005.
The purpose of the GSHS is to provide accurate data on health behaviours and protective factors among students to:
- Help countries develop priorities, establish programmes, and advocate for resources for school health and youth health programmes and policies;
- Establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviours and protective factors by country 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 behaviours and protective factors;
- Establish baseline Data on health risk behaviours; and
- Establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviours and protective factors in Oman for use in evaluation of school health and youth health promotion.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Students aged 13-15 years
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
Scope
The 2005 Oman GSHS measured unintentional injuries and violence; hygiene; dietary behaviours and overweight; physical activity; 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 |
|---|
| World Health Organization |
Sampling
The 2005 OMAN GSHS employed a two-stage cluster sample design to produce a representative sample of students in grades from 7th to 10th.
The first stage is done on schools Level - All schools containing 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades were included in the sampling frame. Schools were selected systematically with probability proportional to enrolment in 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades using a random start. 51 schools were sampled.
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.
For the 2005 Oman GSHS, 2,979 questionnaires were completed in 51 schools. The school response rate was 100%, the student response rate was 97%, and the overall response rate was 97%.
A weighting factor was applied to each student record to adjust for non-response and for the varying probabilities of selection. The weight used for estimation is given by:
W = W1 W2 f1 f2 f3
Where:
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 number of schools.
f2 = a student-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 Oman GSHS questionnaire contained 72 questions addressing the following topics:
- Dietary behaviors
- Hygiene
- Physical activity
- Protective factors
- HIV-related knowledge
- Violence and unintentional injury
A GSHS Project Management Team consists of the Director of health information and statistics department and the Superintendent of School health department in MOH and director of guidance and education department in MOE had developed the questionnaire. The questionnaire was with a corresponding translation in Arabic, the national language in the country.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2005-04 | 2005-04 |
| Name |
|---|
| Ministry of Health |
| Ministry of Education |
Survey administration occurred in the month of April 2005. 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-scannable answer sheet. Approximately, 15 Survey Administrators were specially trained to conduct the GSHS.
Data processing
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 grades from 7th to 10th in The Sultanate of Oman. Students self-reported their responses to each question on a computer scannable answer sheet.
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 Oman, World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Oman Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2005, Ref. OMN_2005_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_OMN_2005_GSHS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2013-11-14
Metadata version
Version 01 (November 2013)