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A guide to understanding and using the data

The Youth Health Survey Anyplace region. A guide to understanding and using the data. How It Began. Identified need for local-level health behaviour information Interlake Health Promotion Committee developed first survey – YHS 2005

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A guide to understanding and using the data

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  1. The Youth Health Survey Anyplace region A guide to understanding and using the data

  2. How It Began Identified need for local-level health behaviour information Interlake Health Promotion Committee developed first survey – YHS 2005 YHS 2005 was adopted by all of Manitoba’s RHAs and implemented province-wide between 2006 and 2008

  3. Survey Methodology

  4. Survey Tool Self-Report • Data collected in classroom setting • Self-reported responses of the students • All responses kept confidential to encourage honesty in reporting 4 pages, 51 questions Census of grades 6 to 12 students (some regions surveyed grades 9 to 12 students) Includes questions on tobacco, nutrition, physical activity, self-esteem, mental health, school connectedness

  5. Feedback Reports

  6. Feedback Reports • Generated at school, school division and regional levels • Generated for each school except where adaptations were made for small schools to maintain the confidentiality of the students • Where possible, findings were reported by grade and gender • Where numbers were too small, results were not reported

  7. Report Highlights • For easy reference, report highlights were chosen from throughout the document and compiled into a one page summary at the beginning of the report

  8. Section A: Physical Activity

  9. Physical Activity Rates • Students were asked the following for both hard and moderate activity:

  10. Physical Activity Example: If a student reported 3 hours and 15 minutes of hard activity and 5 hours and 30 minutes of moderate activity their estimated KKD is 5.14 KKD = (3.25*6 + 5.5*3) / 7days =5.14 KKD

  11. Physical Activity in the Report Results from Anyplace region

  12. Physical Activity in the Report Results from Anyplace Region

  13. Computer and Screen Time • Spending less leisure time in front of a TV or computer screen is associated with healthier lifestyles for youth.

  14. Computer and Screen Time

  15. Physical Activity Issues Taught in School Students were asked:

  16. Physical Activity Issues Taught in School The graph represents the percentage of students that felt the subject was taught in their school

  17. Section B: Healthy Eating

  18. Eating Habits of Students • Students were asked how many times over the previous day they had eaten a variety of fruits and vegetables • These numbers were combined to produce an average daily intake of fruits and vegetables

  19. Eating Habits of Students

  20. Body Weight and BMI • Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measure of a person’s weight in comparison to their height • BMI is then assigned a percentile based on age and gender • This percentile was converted to one of the three categories found in the report

  21. Body weight at Anyplace School

  22. Perception of Body Weight

  23. Section C: Smoking, Alcohol & Drug Use

  24. Smoking • Students were asked the following:

  25. Smoking • Daily Smokers- students who answered “everyday” or “almost everyday” to this question • Occasional Smokers- students who answered “some days” or “1-2 days” to this question. Also those that answered “yes” without specifying a frequency or “no” but that they had smoked 100 or more cigarettes intheir lifetime (previous question)

  26. Students Smoking at Anyplace RHA

  27. Students Smoking at Anyplace RHA

  28. Obtaining Cigarettes Students were asked:

  29. How students get their cigarettes

  30. Alcohol Use in Anyplace region

  31. Binge Drinking Students were asked on how many days in the past 30 days that they had 5 or more drinks of alcohol in a couple of hours The percentage reported is based on the total number of students not just those that had reported alcohol use in the previous question • 68% of students indicated they had not drank 5 or more drinks in the last 30 days • 15% had 5 or more drinks of alcohol on 1 or 2 days • 9% had 5 or more drinks of alcohol on 3 to 14 days • 2% had 5 or more drinks of alcohol on 15 to 30 days

  32. Illegal Drug Use • Students were asked on how many days in the last 30 days they had used illegal drugs • All drugs were classified together • The percentage reported is based on the total number of students

  33. Drug Use at Anyplace region

  34. Section D: Mental, Emotional and Social Health

  35. Feelings of Well-Being

  36. Feelings • 38% of students reported “yes”.

  37. School Connectedness Students were asked:

  38. School Connectedness at Anyplace region

  39. Questions??

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