7.15.1. Asthmaverhaltenstraining für Kinder und Jugend - Schule.at

Summary
It was the aim of the Child and Adolescent Health Report for Upper Austria to attain a
concise overview of the state of health of the Upper Austrian children and adolescents,
to document the availability of health care, prevention and health promotion, and to
develop adequate measures to improve the health of children and adolescents.
Objectives
International political actors and policy makers (like the World Health Organisation and
the European Union), as well as the federal state and regional stakeholders like the
region of Upper Austria and the cities of Linz and Wels enact political objectives and
initiatives to promote the health of children and adolescents. Three of the targets of the
conceptual framework of WHO “Health 21 – Health for All in the 21 st Century” share that
objective: Target 3: “A healthy start in life”, Target 4: “Health of young people” and
Target 13: “A settings approach to health action”. The action programme for public
health of the European Union concerning the criterion of lifestyle is mainly aimed at
young people. On a federal level, the “National Austrian Health Plan” states that the
health system needs to be developed further towards health promotion. Children and
adolescents can be reached predominantly in kindergarten and school settings. On a
regional level, the 10 health targets form a consensual basis and framework for
appropriate health policy measures and the upgrading of health promotion in Upper
Austria. Health targets, which refer to children and adolescents are specifically
pertinent in this context: Target 2: Dental health; Target 5: Vaccinations; and Target 9:
The health-promoting school. (Chapter 1)
Sociodemography
Over the last years, the percentage of the young population (up to 19 years of age) of
the total population has decreased continuously from 35 percent in 1971 to 25 percent
in 2001. The total fertility rate in Upper Austria amounted to 1,45 in the year 2003 (in
all of Austria 1,38). The total fertility rate has decreased by approximately 15 percent in
the course of the last 25 years. (Chapter 2)
Pregnancy/Birth/Babyhood
The main risk factors in the unborn child during pregnancy are the mother’s active and
passive smoking, as well as excessive alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
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