Diane Aye, MPH, PhD Connecticut Department of Public Health Diane.Aye@ct (860)509-7662

1. Diane Aye, MPH, PhD Connecticut Department of Public Health Diane.Aye@ct.gov (860)509-7662

2. Diane Aye Dawn Sorosiak Celeste Jorge Richard Rodriguez Marijane Mitchell Vivian Henry Nancy Dickman Bonnie Edmondson Cheryl Resha CSHS Team

3. Background • Comprised of two components • Youth Tobacco Component (also known as Youth Tobacco Survey) • Youth Behavior Component (also known as Youth Risk Behavior Survey)

4. Connecticut School Health Survey Questions include: Tobacco Use Dietary Habits Physical Activity Alcohol and other drug use Sexual Behaviors Behaviors that contribute to injuries and violence Protective factors

5. Mortality data for youth and young adults aged 10–24, Connecticut, 2003–2005

6. Connecticut School Health Survey • New Topics in 2007: • Gambling • Computer Use • Sleep • Family love and support • Visit to dentist • Full School Survey of one High School

7. Response Rate • School Response Rate x Student Response Rate = Overall response rate School 46/59 school participation rate = 78% Student 2086/2659 = 78.5% Overall 76.3% x 78.4% = 61.2 %

8. Percentage of CT students who gambled for money or possessions (including lottery tickets, betting on sports teams, or card games) in the past 12 months.

9. Percentage of students who get 8 or more hours of sleep on an average school night

10. Percentage of CT students who watched three or more hours per day of TV or played video/computer games on an average school day by gender

11. Percent of students who are overweight* or obese** >85th percentile but <95th percentile BMI based on reference data* >95th percentile for BMI based on reference data**

12. CT Students engaging in healthy (exercise, eating low-cal, low-fat foods) and non-healthy (laxatives, pills, vomiting, fasting) weight loss behaviors

13. Percent of students met recommended levels* and participated in an insufficient amount** of physical activity *Were physically active at least 60 min on 5 days in the past week **Were physically active for at least 60 minutes on no days in the past week

14. Percentage of CT students who never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car driven by someone else and never or rarely wore a bicycle helmet

15. Percentage of students who rode in a car or other vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol or were the driver, one or more times during the past 30 days

16. Percentage of students who felt sad or hopeless for 2 or more weeks, or considered, planned or attempted suicide one or more times during the past 12 months

17. Percentage of CT students who felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities during the past 12 months

18. Percentage of CT students who actually attempted suicide one or more times during the past 12 months by grade, gender, and race/ethnicity

19. Percentage of students who had been in a physical fight or physical fight on school property during the past 12 months

20. Percentage of students who did not go to school because they felt unsafe at school or on their way toor from school on one or more of the past 30 days

21. Percentage of CT students who had been harassed or bullied on school property one or more times during the past 12 months

22. Percentage of students who carried a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club, or carried a weapon on school property, during the past 30 days

23. Percentage of students who experienced dating violence or were ever physically forced to have sexual intercourse

24. Percentage of CT students who were hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend during the past 12 months

25. Percentage of students who ever had sexual intercourse and number of partners

26. Percentage of students who ever had sexual intercourse by grade, gender, and race-ethnicity

27. Percentage of students who had at least one drink of alcohol (current drinking), or who had 5 or more drinks in a row (binge drinking), or who used marijuana on one or more of the past 30 days

28. Percentage of students who used any form of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, inhalants, methamphetamines, over-the-counter drugs, ecstasy and non-Rx steroids during their lifetime

29. Percentage of students who were offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property by someone during the past 12 months

30. Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more of the past 30 days. Data from Youth Tobacco Component

31. Percent prevalence of risk factors (within the past month) By academic grade

32. Grades by Race-Ethnicity

33. Grades by Race-Ethnicity

34. Percent prevalence of risk factors among cigarette smokers versus non-smokers

35. Percent prevalence of risk factors among students involved vs not involved in after school activities

36. Percent prevalence of risk factors by whether student agrees that their family loves them and provides help and support when needed

37. Percent prevalence of risk factors by whether student says that parents usually know where they are

38. Percentage of CT students with current risk factors by grade

39. Percentage of students with after school activities, volunteer activities, and paid work by grade

40. Ever tested for HIV and saw a dentist or dental health professional in the past 12 months by race-ethnicity

41. Selected risk factors within the past 30 days by race-ethnicity

42. Selected risk factors within the past 30 days by race-ethnicity

43. Selected risk factors by race-ethnicity

44. Selected risk factors by race-ethnicity

45. Publications, survey information, and program information are available on the following web sites www.ct.gov/dph search CSHS www.ct.gov/sde/healthyconnections