From 15 to 17 June 2016, a meeting of participants of the WHO collaborative cross-national study “Health Behaviour in school-aged children” from 44 countries took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Russia was represented at the meeting by Anna Matochkina, Research Fellow, Division of Physical Rehabilitation and Health-Improving Technologies.
HBSC International Meeting
The researchers gathered in Stockholm to discuss and make changes in the questionnaire of the international program for the next study 2017/2018. The changes concerned in the first place the approval of the list of mandatory questions and the including of issues, which reflect the current trends in society and the development of adolescents, in particular, issues relating to migration and electronic media communication. Anna Matochkina’s speech on "Health education in Russian schools" aroused great interest among the participants.