The Public Health Monitor Young Adults provides information on the health, wellbeing and lifestyle of Dutch young adults aged 16 to 25 years. The Municipal Public Health Services (GGDs), GGD GHOR Netherlands and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) collaborate to conduct this research. The results of the study help developing policies to improve the health of young adults.
Young adults are recruited via an online social media campaign to complete the digital questionnaire. In order to better understand the questionnaire results, a qualitative study is conducted as well.
The latest results come from the Public Health Monitor Young Adults 2024. In the spring and summer (April to July) of 2024, over 135,000 young adults participated. Results are available at national and regional level for all GGDs and on municipal level for most municipalities. Previous data collection took place in 2022.
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More information such as the questionnaires used, an overview of researched topics per year and results from previous years can be found on the Dutch website.
Integrated Health Monitor COVID-19
The Public Health Monitor Young Adults 2022 and 2024 are part of the Integrated Health Monitor COVID-19 of the Network for Health Research in Disasters (GOR Network). This study assesses the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on health in the Netherlands. The network consists of the collective Municipal Public Health Services (GGDs), GGD GHOR Netherlands, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the NIVEL Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, and ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre. The study covers a five-year period (2021-2025) and is made possible by a subsidy from the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS).