Draft Power Point 2008 Bureau of Indian Education Youth Risk Behavior Survey

1. Draft Power Point2008 Bureau of Indian Education Youth Risk Behavior Survey

2. Agenda • 1. Welcome and review of agenda • 2. Overview of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey • a. What is the YRBS • b. How the data are used • c. Do students tell the truth? • d. Highlights from 2005 BIA YRBS • 3. Middle school and high school YRBS Questionnaires • 4. Administering Surveys • a. Parent permission forms and Q&A’s for parents • b. Instructions for survey administrators • c. Script for survey administrators • d. School level information forms • 5. After survey administration • a. Cleaning • b. Packaging • c. Tracking • 6. School level reports

3. What is the YRBS • Youth Risk Behavior Survey • Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • A surveillance system • National YRBS • State, local, territorial, tribal • Paper and pencil, self-administered survey to assess the most important health risk behaviors among youth

4. Purpose • Focus the nation on behaviors among youth causing the most important health problems • Assess how risk behaviors change over time • Provide comparable data

5. Behaviors that Contribute to the Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality • Unintentional injuries and violence • Tobacco use • Alcohol and other drug use • Sexual behaviors • Unhealthy dietary behaviors • Inadequate physical activity

6. How are the Data Used? • Describe risk behaviors • Create awareness • Set program goals • Develop programs and policies • Support health-related legislation • Seek funding

7. Do Students Tell the Truth? • While a very small number of students do not answer the YRBS honestly, most students tell the truth. • Survey environment • Questionnaire design and content • Edit checks • Logic within groups of questions • Comparison of YRBS data with data from other surveys • Consistency over time • Subgroup differences • Psychometric studies

8. BIE YRBS • History • Middle School (MS) YRBS • Grades 6-8 • 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005 • All schools and all students eligible • High School (HS) YRBS • Grades 9-12 • 1994, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005 • All schools and all students eligible

9. Results

10. 2008 Questionnaires • Middle School (grades 6-8) • 50 questions • High School (grades 9-12) • 87 questions • Questionnaires and item rational available on the web: www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/questionnaire_rationale.htm

11. Middle School Questionnaire

15. High School Questionnaire

19. Item Rationale

20. Parent Permission Forms

22. Bureau of Indian Education 2008 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Frequently Asked Questions (For back of Parent Permission Form)

24. Data Collection Instructions Remember: First priority is protecting student privacy

25. MS versus HS • Middle school – grades 6-8 • High school – grades 9-12 • What if the school has overlapping MS and HS grades? • Examples: • K-6 • only 6th grade students get MS survey • 6-12 • 6-8 get MS survey; 9-12 get HS survey

26. Activities to Do Before You Get to the School • Talk to school administrators to arrange a date and time to conduct the survey (aim for a day in October or early November). You may need to work with the school to get help administering the survey to all of the students. • BIE schools on the Navajo Nation reservation will take Navajo survey.

27. Activities to Do Before You Get to the School • Which Day? • No major events (eg, field trip) • Not the day right before or after holiday/vacation • Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday is best • What time of day? • Second period is best • Try to avoid homeroom, first period, last period, split classes • Don’t forget non-traditional classes (work-study, teacher’s aids) • Combine very small classes (best to have at least 10 students)

28. Activities to Do Before You Get to the School • Distribute Parent Permission Form and Q&As (copied back to back) • Follow school procedures • Send home with parents • Mail to parents • Parents return form ONLY if they do NOT want their child to participate • Use active permission form if school requires

29. Activities to Do Before You Get to the School • Talk to school principal and teachers a few days before the survey to • remind them • confirm the day • make sure no unexpected issues arise that would limit student participation

30. Materials to Take to the School • HS: Survey booklets. • MS: Questionnaires and answer sheets. • Blank pieces of paper (to hide their answers). • Sharpened pencils for each student. • One “Script for Survey Administrators” for each person who will give the survey. • A “School-Level Information Form.” • A list of classrooms to be surveyed and their location. • An envelope or box in which students can put their completed answer sheets.

31. Administering the Survey • If possible, all students in one day • Spread out students’ desks/seats as much as possible • Distribute surveys/pencils and instruct students to wait for your instructions • Remind students to use only the (no. 2) pencil provided • Students can keep pencils when finished

32. Administering the Survey • Read “Script for Survey Administrators” • Script is very important. • Ensures all students get the same instructions

33. Administering the Survey • Do not allow students or teachers or survey administrators to walk around the room • Neither students nor adults should talk during survey • Do not answer any questions about words on the survey • Tell students to “do the best you can or skip that question” • Ensures consistency across surveys

34. Administering the Survey • Students with reading difficulties • If you think most or all of the students will have difficulty reading the survey, you can read to entire class • Avoid reading to just a few students • Disruptive to others in class • Risk student privacy • Avoid classes where all or most students are not capable of taking the survey (eg, non-mainstreamed students)

35. Administering the Survey • When students finished: • HS: close booklet • MS: turn over answer sheet • Students should not fill in the class or school ID on the back of the booklet or answer sheet • Students may keep their pencil • When everyone is finished, have them put their booklets or answer sheets in a box or envelop • Administrators should not look at student answers at any time during administration.

36. Make-Ups • First priority: student privacy • If a large number of students were absent, consider a make-up session. • Group students into groups of 10 or more for make-up session. Follow same procedures (eg, read the script)

37. Processing/Returning Answer Sheets • Be sure to keep MS and HS surveys separate. The surveys are different! • Complete the “School Level Information Form” • If your school has middle school grades (6-8) and high school grades (9-12), you need a “School Level Information Form” for each grade level • Without this form, we cannot process your school’s data

38. Processing/Returning Answer Sheets • Definitions: • YRBS school number: You should get this from BIE. It is a special number assigned to your school for the YRBS • Enrollment: The number of students registered in the school for each grade level • NOT the number of students who took the survey • Keep MS form with completed MS answer sheets and HS form with completed HS booklets

39. Prepare Booklets or Answer Sheets for Scanning • Before returning booklets or answer sheets: • Are there stray marks? Erase if possible, copy on clean booklet/answer sheet if necessary • Is booklet/answer sheet folded, rumpled, ripped? If yes, copy on clean booklet/answer sheet • Did student use no 2 pencil? If not, use no 2 pencil on top of the student’s answers.

40. Get Ready to Mail • Keep MS and HS survey separate. • Put MS “School-Level Information Form” on top of completed answer sheets. Put them in their own box or envelope. • Put HS “School-Level Information Form” on top of completed booklets. Put them in their own box or envelope.

41. Get Ready to Mail • Use trackable mailing method such as Fed Ex or DHL to prevent lost school data. • Mail to: Jack Edmo, Jr. Bureau of Indian Education 1011 Indian School Road, NW, Suite 332 Albuquerque, NM 87104 (505) 563-5266

42. Get Ready to Mail • Return completed booklets and answer sheets by November 1, 2008 • Thank you!!

43. School Level Results • School level results will be sent to school principals if both: • At least 60 percent of students participate • Below this, data are not reliable AND • At least 20 students participate • Fewer risks student privacy

44. Questions? • Please call or email if you have ANY questions. • Jack Edmo, BIE: jedmo@bia.edu (505) 563-5266 • Sherry Jones, CDC sce2@cdc.gov 770-488-6185