Health-related empowerment predicts self-rated health among adolescent girls in Sweden Lars Jerdén 6th Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference
Lars Jerdén Family physician, Jakobsgårdarna, Borlänge Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna Public Health Sciences, Umeå University Swedish National Institute of Public Health
2002 QyQy QxQx Q1Q1 Pilot study N=150 Q3Q3 Q2Q2 Q1Q1 Intervention N=339 Control N=707 Q3Q3 Q2Q2 Q1Q1 VIP project (Very Interesting Person) Q 4 I I
Self-rated health Three problems during adolescence: Gets worse A gender difference evolves Declining since mid-1980s
Self-rated health ”How do you consider your well-being most of the time? High:Very good Medium:Rather good Low:Nor good nor bad + rather bad + very bad
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BOYS
Empowerment: our choices A state, measured longitudinally Individual level Three dimensions: self-efficacy, competence, and social interaction Self-efficacy and competence measured in the domain of health
Association between variables 7th grade and self-rated health 9th grade. Ordinal multivariate regression
Association between variables 7th grade and self-rated health 9th grade. Ordinal multivariate regression
Self-esteem: ”Do you like yourself?” School experience: ”How do you like school?” Mood in family: ”How do you consider the mood in your family?”
Association between variables 7th grade and self-rated health 9th grade. Ordinal multivariate regression
Association between variables 7th grade and self-rated health 9th grade. Ordinal multivariate regression