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Using 2009 Youth Risk & Resiliency Survey Data at the Local Level

Using 2009 Youth Risk & Resiliency Survey Data at the Local Level. Head to Toe Conference April 14, 2011 10:20-11:40am Albuquerque, NM Natalie Skogerboe – Coop Consulting, Inc. Objectives for Today. Learn how to access county level Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey data

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Using 2009 Youth Risk & Resiliency Survey Data at the Local Level

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  1. Using 2009 Youth Risk & Resiliency Survey Data at the Local Level Head to Toe Conference April 14, 2011 10:20-11:40am Albuquerque, NM Natalie Skogerboe – Coop Consulting, Inc.

  2. Objectives for Today • Learn how to access county level Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey data • Compare your County with the rest of the state on key indicators • Explain why this data is important to your work • Use local data to assist and improve planning

  3. Snowball Survey • Please take a few minutes to complete the survey on your chair • Once you are complete…Crumple it up into a ball • SNOWBALL FIGHT! • Stop throwing! Grab one snowball • Open it up and let’s discuss the answers

  4. What did we learn? • How many of you got most of these right? SOURCE: 2009 NM YRRS

  5. What did we learn? • Did we learn anything new? • What surprised us? • How might we use this data?

  6. Accessing local YRRS data • New Mexico Youth Risk & Resiliency Survey • http://www.youthrisk.org/

  7. www.YouthRisk.org 2009 REPORTS • 2009 YRRS Presentation • Epidemiology Report on Highlights • National YRBS Report • Data Reports by County Questionnaires FORMS • Dataset Request Form (for obtaining raw data) • Information Release Request Form (school districts)

  8. How do our students compare? STATEWIDE • NM Ranks 1st in the nation for the following: • First drink before age 13 • Drank on school property • Used marijuana before age 13 • Current marijuana use • Used marijuana on school property • Ever used cocaine • Current cocaine use • Ever used ecstacy • Current cigar use

  9. How do our students compare? STATEWIDE • NM High School students ranked in the top 5 in the nation for: • Persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness • Ever smoked cigarettes • Current cigarette use • Smoked a whole cigarette before age 13 • Any form of tobacco (current use) • Ever used heroin • Ever used methamphetamine

  10. How does my County compare? • On the walls around the room there are county rankings for specific indicators. • Take 5 minutes to walk around the room and look at each list. • What surprised you about your County? • Why is this information important to your program?

  11. Why is this indicator important? • Binge drinking is associated with a host of other risky behaviors and consequences: • Drinking and Driving • Alcohol Related Injuries • Physical Fights • Using other drugs • Poor academic performance • Mental health issues What else?

  12. Why is this indicator important? This is a dangerous behavior New Mexico is one of the few states tracking this – it has not yet been added to the National YRBS

  13. Work in dyads to discuss indicators • For the next few exercises, we will be working in pairs or groups of three • Please think about what this information means and how it plays out in your community

  14. How does my County compare? • Review of Individual County Fact Sheets • ALCOHOL • Find someone else from your County, or someone close to you. • Talk about the data and what you think it means • What is your school or community doing to address these issues? 5 minutes

  15. How does my County compare? • Review of Individual County Fact Sheets • DRUG USE • Find a new partner (or stay with your first one) • How does my County compare? • How might this information be used to recruit other community agencies or partners? 5 minutes

  16. How does my County compare? • Review of Individual County Fact Sheets • MENTAL HEALTH • Stay with your same partner • How might this data be used to engage school leaders in substance abuse prevention / intervention? • What is currently being done? 5 minutes

  17. Application • Why should we be paying attention to this? • What did you discuss? • How can we use this (and other) local data for planning? • How can we use it to monitor progress / evaluate efforts?

  18. Use it for planning • Choose an indicator If my county has a high % of binge drinking I might choose to address (reduce) that issue • Current Binge Drinking among high school students • Bernalillo County: 24.4% • 33.4% (12th grade – current binge drinkers) • 28.1% (11th grade) • 21.4% (10th grade) • 18.9% (9th grade) • It is much easier to design strategies, policies and practices if you know what outcome you hope to achieve!

  19. Use it for Planning • Select Strategies • What are some possible strategies to address binge drinking? • What are the strength and reach of those potential strategies? • How can we make county/community level change? • Where can I look for evidence based strategies? • Who else could help with this? • What else is currently taking place to address it?

  20. Benefits of Using Local Data • Knowing our local data helps us understand what is really happening in our community • We are more likely to address real needs • Helps us prioritize • Establishes common goals • Helps focus initiatives • Streamlines programming across multiple agencies/departments

  21. Did we meet our Objectives? • Learn how to access county level Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey data • Compare our County with the rest of the state on key indicators • Explain why this data is important to our work • Use local data to assist and improve planning

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