The Health of Canada's Young People: a mental health focus
John G. Freeman, Matthew King, and William Pickett WITH Wendy Craig, Frank Elgar, Ian Janssen, and Don Klinger
To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation and action in public health.
— Public Health Agency of Canada
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Mental health
- Chapter 3: Home
- What is the home setting?
- Why does the home setting matter?
- Possible effects of the home setting on mental health
- What are we reporting in this chapter?
- Living arrangements of Canadian students
- Reports of happiness at home
- Parental communication, understanding, and trust
- Parental opinion and expectations
- Conflict with parents
- Eating dinner with family
- Relationships between home/parent relationships and mental health
- What young people thought about these findings
- Summary and implications
- Commentary
- Chapter 4: School
- Chapter 5: Peers
- Chapter 6: Neighbourhood
- What is a neighbourhood?
- Why are neighbourhoods important to health?
- Possible effects of neighbourhoods on mental health
- Geographic information
- What are we reporting in this chapter?
- Physical characteristics of school neighbourhoods
- Traffic
- Parks and recreational facilities
- Social characteristics of school neighbourhoods
- Economic characteristics of school neighbourhoods
- Relationships between neighbourhood characteristics and mental health
- What young people thought about these findings
- Summary and implications
- Commentary
- Chapter 7: Injury
- What is injury?
- Why does injury matter?
- Possible relationships between injury and mental health
- What are we reporting in this chapter?
- Description of the injury problem
- Impact of injury on young people's lives
- Trends in injury over time
- How are young people injured?
- Where are young people injured?
- Which activities lead to the most serious injuries?
- Risk and protective factors
- Drinking, drug use and driving
- Injury and mental health
- What young people thought about these findings
- Summary and implications
- Commentary
- Chapter 8: Healthy living
- What is healthy living?
- What is physical activity?
- What is sedentary behaviour?
- Healthy eating
- What are we reporting in this chapter?
- Effects of healthy living on mental health
- Physical activity
- Sedentary behaviours of Canadian young people
- Food frequency patterns in Canadian young people
- Eating behaviours in Canadian young people
- Relations between healthy living and mental health
- What young people thought about these findings
- Summary and implications
- Commentary
- Chapter 9: Healthy weights
- What is a healthy weight?
- Body image
- Why do body weight and body image matter?
- What are we reporting in this chapter?
- Possible effects of being overweight or obese on mental health
- Healthy weights, overweight, and obesity
- Body image and weight-loss practices of Canadian students
- Relations between healthy weight, body image, and weight loss practices
- Relations between healthy weight and mental health
- What young people thought about these findings
- Summary and implications
- Commentary
- Chapter 10: Substance use and risky behaviour
- Why are health risk behaviours important?
- What are we reporting in this chapter?
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- Cannabis use
- Perceived risks of substance use
- Sexual activity
- Substance use and risky behaviours in relation to mental health
- What young people thought about these findings
- Summary and implications
- Commentary
- Chapter 11: Bullying and fighting
- Chapter 12: Summary and conclusion
The Health of Canada's Young People: a mental health focus
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ISBN: HP15-13/2011E