Parents' Participation in School Health Examinations for Their Adolescent Children in Finland.

Engaging parents in school health examinations can promote adolescents' well-being. We examined parents' participation in universal school health examinations in Finland reported by adolescents in school surveys (14 to 16-year-olds,  = 58,232). Further we studied variation between service providers and schools, and student and school-level factors in participation.

Is health recognized in the EU's policy process? An analysis of the European Commission's impact assessments.

Background: The European Commission has an Impact Assessment (IA) procedure that aims to inform decision-makers of the all important impacts that decisions may have. This article studies how health is considered in the IA procedure and how it is reflected in the reports: what aspects, whose and simply in what context health is mentioned in the IA reports.

Methods: Half of the Commissions IAs from 2006 were studied.