Mapping the evidence regarding school-to-work/university transition and health inequalities among young adults: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

School-to-work/university transition is a sensitive period that can have a substantial impact on health and health behaviour over the life course. There is some indication that health and health behaviour is socially patterned in the age span of individuals in this transition (16-24 years) and that there are differences by socioeconomic position (SEP). However, evidence regarding this phenomenon has not been systematically mapped. In addition, little is known about the role of institutional characteristics (eg, of universities, workplaces) in the development of health and possible inequalities in health during this transition. Hence, the first objective of this scoping review is to systematically map the existing evidence regarding health and health behaviours (and pos

SUBMITTER: Matos Fialho PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7713198 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature