@book{253e769190b947898970d8fa519d95e9,
title = "HBSC Briefing paper 23: Subjective health and medicine use among Scottish adolescents",
abstract = "Self-rated health is a subjective measure of overall health and an important indicator of well-being. Poor health can have considerable impact on an individual{\textquoteright}s functioning and place pressure on healthcare systems. Health in adolescence can also have effects that extend into adulthood. Medicine use behaviours developed in adolescence have been shown to continue into adulthood. Moreover, medicine over-use can have both immediate and long-term consequences; with implications for the individual, their family and friends, as well as health services. This Briefing Paper presents findings from the 2014 Scottish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey on subjective indicators of health, including perceived general health, health complaints and medicine use, as well as their trends over time. ",
keywords = "Adolescent, Medicine use, Subjective health, Scotland",
author = "Alina Cosma and Gill Rhodes and Candace Currie and Jo Inchley and Dorothy Currie and Neville, {Fergus Gilmour} and Karen Hunter and Fergus Neville and Ross Whitehead",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
language = "English",
series = "HBSC Briefing Paper",
publisher = "Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit (CAHRU)",
}