Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health have been little studied until recently, partly
due to the lack of appropriate and agreed upon measures for this age group. The difficulties …

Background Although most countries in the European Union are richer and healthier than
ever, health inequalities remain an important public health challenge. Health-related …

The health of adolescents is strongly affected by social factors at personal, family,
community, and national levels. Nations present young people with structures of opportunity …

Culturally diverse schools may constitute natural arenas for training crucial intercultural
skills. We hypothesized that a classroom cultural diversity climate fostering contact and …

This paper traces the history of the HBSC study from its origins in the early 1980's to the
present day describing how it was first conceptualised scientifically and how this influenced …

As schools are becoming more culturally diverse, it is crucial to understand how they can
approach this diversity in ways that allow all students to feel included and do well. We focus …

Objectives: Integrating research on intergroup contact and intercultural relations, we
investigated effects of 2 types of cultural diversity norms (equality/inclusion and cultural …

Background Healthy lifestyles may contribute to better mental health, which is particularly
important in adolescence, an age at which half of all mental health problems first occur. This …

Interethnic friendships between students are important for harmonious intercultural relations
at school. Drawing on research on intergroup contact and cultural distance between …

As it is still unclear to what extent parental drinking is a predictor of children's alcohol use,
we tested the association of specific paternal and maternal drinking patterns with both …