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Mat-Su Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

Mat-Su Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition. Community Assessment and Data Project Trends in Youth Substance Use. Purpose.

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Mat-Su Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

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  1. Mat-Su Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition Community Assessment and Data Project Trends in Youth Substance Use

  2. Purpose “Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.” -United Way of Mat-Su

  3. Purpose

  4. Method

  5. Data Review

  6. Community Assessment

  7. Trends in Youth Substance Use

  8. Selecting an Instrument • Pride Institute Risk and Protective Factor Questionnaire • Pride Questionnaire for grades 6-12 • CSAP SARPF Student Survey • ASD School Climate and Connectedness Survey • Communities that Care Youth Survey • Monitoring the Future • Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) • California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS)

  9. Evaluating an Instrument

  10. California Healthy Kids Survey

  11. Creation of California Healthy Kids Survey

  12. CHKS: How does it work?

  13. Why Give the CHKS? • Meet program requirements for Federal Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act • Provide a thorough understanding of the scope and nature of local youth health risks • Develop better, comprehensive health programs • Help schools address growing numbers of children with health-related problems

  14. CHKS and the Data Project

  15. Alaska Healthy Kids Survey

  16. Sample Characteristics Survey will be administered borough-wide to create a baseline for data • Reveals actual numbers of prevalence for this area • Informs prevention efforts • Provides a comparison for post-intervention analysis • Informs coalition committees on areas of priority

  17. Who will take AHKS? • Grade 7 (age 12) • Serves as a good baseline for studying onset of student behaviors • Grade 9 (age 14) • Typically see a substantial increase in risk behaviors • Grade 11 (age 16) • More representative sample of high-risk youth. Onset of risk behaviors has peaked

  18. What modules will they take?

  19. AHKS Core Module • Demographic Information • Age/sex/grade/ethnicity –Alaska Native Subgroups • Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use • Lifetime use (frequency) • Current use • Use at school • ATOD use correlates • Perceived use of harm • Parent perception of use • Problems from alcohol and/or drug use • Perceived availability of substances

  20. AHKS Core Module • ATOD (Continued) • Social disapproval • Perceived use by peers • Difficulty obtaining cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana • Drinking and Driving • Offered drugs at school • Violence, Harassment, Safety & Crime • Violence and victimization at school • Disapproval of carrying a weapon to school • Perceived safety at school • Gang membership • Dating related violence

  21. AHKS Core Module • External Assets (in school and community) • Caring Relationships • High Expectations • Meaningful Participation • Emotional health • Feelings of sadness and loneliness • Physical Health • Breakfast eaten today • Reliability Question • How many questions were answered honestly

  22. AHKS Module B • Measures External Assets (at home and with peer groups) • Caring Relationships • High Expectations • Opportunities for meaningful participation • Measures Internal Assets • Cooperation • Communication • Empathy • Problem solving • Self Efficacy • Self Awareness • Goals and Aspirations • School connectedness

  23. AHKS Feedback

  24. AHKS Review • Local, Sustainable, Empirically supported instrument • Gather data required by CADCA • Acquire baseline for substance use • Position coalition to • Identify, Understand, and Respond to health risks • Foster Comprehensive Health Programs • Evaluate Success

  25. References CDC (2004). YRBS Methodology of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey System, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Meyer, Patricia. Personal communication regarding Monitoring the Future Survey, 5/7/08. WestEd (2007). California Healthy Kids Survey Core Module A, California Safe and Healthy Kids Program Office WestEd(2007). Guidebook for the California Healthy Kids Survey: Administration, California Safe and Healthy Kids Office. U.S. Census Bureau (2006). Matanuska-Susitna Borough Demographic and Housing Estimates, http://factfinder.cencus.gov/

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