The overall aim of this survey was to gather information about the behaviours and needs of youth in Sri Lanka aged 15-24 years. The survey attempted to explore their general health conditions, knowledge in relation to physical, psychosocial wellbeing and behaviours and socio-economic and lifestyle factors which promotes substance use, early sexual initiation and experimentation, violence, injuries, food habits, which influence their life and that of families and the country at large.
Publication
National Youth Health Survey
No. of pages: 138
Publication date: 1 December 2015
Publisher: Family Health Bureau
Author: Ministry of Health, Family Health Bureau, UNFPA, UNICEF
ISBN: 978-955-1503-41-3