Open AccessA cross-sectional study to assess the prevalence of health behaviors and protective factors among schoolchildren in a rural area in West Bengal
Author(s) -
Suchetana Bhattacharyya,
Rivu Basu,
Subodh Mitra
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_22_21
Subject(s) - medicine , nonprobability sampling , cross sectional study , observational study , mental health , environmental health , psychiatry , population , pathology
Adolescence is the most vulnerable developmental period in one's life. In low to middle-income countries like ours, adolescence living in the rural area face increasing physical and mental health challenges that are not addressed due to ignorance or resource limitation. This study is conducted with the aim of assessing the magnitude of health behavior and protection factor among school children in the study area and to compare the same between boys and girls.