Health and Lifestyle in School-age Children from Mozambique Project

Young people make up a large proportion of the population of Mozambique. The Health and Lifestyle in School-age Children from Mozambique Project will investigate the health behaviours of adolescents through an international partnership with Margarida Gaspar de Matos (HBSC Portugal) and Vitor Rosado Marques from the University of Lisbon.

This pilot project will use the HBSC research protocol, adapted to the Mozambican context, to study several key aspects of young people’s health, behaviours and lifestyle. The target population for the pilot is 8th and 10th grade children attending public school. The pilot’s results will allow the Linked Project team to plan a representative study, who’s results could promote and inform national policies that advance young people’s health and well-being within the country.