title: [Health perception during adolescence between individual and contextual factors: the role of social capital].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess the role of neighbourhood social capital, family affluence and risk taking on adolescent self-rated health.
  
  
  METHODS
  the survey reported here is part of the larger "Health Behaviour in School aged Children" (HBSC) project, an international study carried out in collaboration with the World Health Organization/Europe (WHO). The data were gathered through self-administered questionnaires on forms which had been devised by the international research group. The main areas covered in the questionnaire were health and health behaviour.
  
  
  METHODS
  107 high schools were randomly selected from public and private schools in the Veneto region. The questionnaires were filled out by a representative sample of 2,395 (50.3% males) 10th grade students.
  
  
  METHODS
  level of family affluence, risk behaviour, social capital, self-rated health.
  
  
  RESULTS
  using binary logistic regression models, it is found that lower levels of family affluence (OR= 2.69 1.80- 4.02), lower levels of neighborhood social capital (OR= 2.97 95% CI 1.87-4.74) and higher levels of risk taking (OR= 2.23 95%CI 1.52-3,27) are independently associated with worse overall perceptions of health. These influences are not found to interact with each other. Moreover, girls perceived their health worst then males (OR= 2.57 95% CI 2.03-3.25).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  risk taking, family affluence and neighborhood social capital are important factors to consider when addressing adolescent health promoting interventions.
authors: Dipartimento di psicologia dello sviluppo e della socializzazione, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: Santinello
authors: Sonia
authors: S
authors: Mazzardis
authors: Michela
authors: M
authors: Lenzi
authors: Alessio
authors: A
authors: Vieno
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Carbone
authors: Lorenzo
authors: L
authors: Gios
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires