Basic epidemiology of wellbeing among children and adolescents: A cross-sectional population level study.

ABSTRACT: Wellbeing and mental health are fundamental rights of children and adolescents essential for sustainable development. Understanding the epidemiology of child and adolescent wellbeing is essential to informing population health approaches to improving wellbeing and preventing mental illness. The present study estimated the prevalence of wellbeing and how wellbeing indicators were distributed across social and economic groups. This study used data from the 2019 Wellbeing and Engagement Collection; an annual census conducted in South Australian schools that measures self-reported wellbeing in students aged 8-18 years (n = 75,966). We estimated the prevalence (n, %) of low, medium and high wellbeing across five outcomes: life satisfaction, optimism, sadness, worries and happiness, overall and

SUBMITTER: Gregory T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411221 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature