e-Bug background research report
15-18 year olds
Noralie Geessink
Dr. Pia Touboul-Lundgren
21 November 2013
Table of contents.
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Target age group
Educational structure
Health information and provision
Vaccination usage
Antibiotic usage
Teenage pregnancy rate
Existing campaigns
Demographic information
Target age group.
Educational structure.
Proportion of 15-18 year olds enrolled in education in the
participating countries
Proportions of 15-18 year olds enrolled in education
99
100,0
94
Percentage (%)
95,0
95,5
UK (SCT)
UK (ENG)
90
90
90,0
UK (WLS)
85,2
CZ
FR
85
85,0
80,0
UK (NIR)
79
80
80
BE (Fr)
BE (Ge)
SA
75,0
CY
Educational structure.
• ISCED 3 (upper secondary education)
• An example:
General versus vocational education.
Public versus private education.
Possibilities to integrate antibiotic and vaccination education.
• Several pathways with chosen subjects
• Only a few common subjects
• Difficult to find common subjects in vocational/technical/
specialised/professional education
• Vocational students possibly less knowledge
• Science and biology
• On average 20-40% of students attend (often only general education)
• The UK: just around 7% per education year
• Peer education
• Various other subjects
• E.g. geography, religion, health education, physical education. family education
• Technical subjects: e.g. biotechnology, food industry
• Extracurricular projects
Antibiotics and vaccinations already covered in
national curricula.
• Mostly covered in scientific pathways (science, biology, natural
science)
• Saudi-Arabia and Cyprus
• Only covered before upper secondary education
• Vocational or technical education  less (detailed) covered
• Two different resources
• One specific for compulsory biology curriculum
• One for students in a section without antibiotics and vaccinations within
the compulsory education
Health information and provision.
• Teachers
• Social media, TV, internet sources
• Several existing educational resources
• Mostly general websites for background information or biology subject
material
• GPs
• 15-18 year olds with own responsibility or not enrolled in education
• Awareness concerning their role
• Developing a specific leaflet
• Educational campaigns
• Important for 15-18 year olds as well as their parents
• Two-way education
Vaccination usage.
• Different vaccination recommendations
• Childhood coverage rates satisfactory in most countries (in spite of absence of
obligation)
• Decreasing trend in uptake rates among teenagers
• Coverages of boosters or reminders
• New vaccines, optional in most countries, e.g. meningococcal C or HPV
vaccination
• 15-18 year olds is an important target group for vaccination information
• Prospective educational tool
• Vaccinations could consist of several doses and all doses have to be given for
immunity
• 15-18 years old is a key age for booster vaccinations
Antibiotic usage.
• (Illegal) over the counter antibiotic sales
Proportion of 15-24 year olds taking antibiotics during the
last year (2009)
UK
FR
BE
Percentage (%)
100%
80%
CY
CZ
EL
60%
40%
ES
IT
DK
20%
PL
PT
0%
SA
• Information leaflets GPs
• Including meaningful information about appropriate antibiotic use specific
for this age group
• Catch-up antibiotics
Teenage pregnancy rate.
Percentage (%)
Teenage pregnancy rate in the participating
countries
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
• Targeting 15-18 year olds as future parents
SA
BE
CY
CZ
UK
FR
Existing campaigns.
• Qu
Demographic information.
• Character diversity
• Belgium: 3 languages
• Proportions of ‘anti-vaccination groups’ in general could be explored to
identify their relevance
• Computer/internet access relatively high (especially in educational settings)
Computer and internet access provision in schools
in participating countries
99,80%
100%
99%
92%
90%
Percentage (%)
80%
70%
70%
70%
CY
60%
CZ
50%
UK
40%
SA
30%
FR
20%
10%
0%
Conclusion.
• Educational venues usable
• Different audiences
• One specific tool for (compulsory biology curriculum in) scientific pathways in
general education
• More detailed resource to cover learning objectives
• Peer education
• One cross-curricular tool for all different pathways, technical and vocational
schools
• One specific tool to be used by GPs (or other health professionals) targeting
young people not in education
• Two-way education
• Identify and specify possibilities to integrate antibiotic and vaccination education
with taking into account areas outside science and cross-/extracurricular projects
• Possibilities to reach 15-18 year olds not enrolled in education or enrolled in
specialised, technical or vocational education should be specifically identified