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Survey Data for Assessment. Community Prevention Framework January Webcast 2013. Logic Model. Definitions of Terms. Risk Factor Protective Factor Prevalence Statistical Significance Percent Rate Culture. Risk Factors.
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Survey Data for Assessment Community Prevention Framework January Webcast 2013
Definitions of Terms • Risk Factor • Protective Factor • Prevalence • Statistical Significance • Percent • Rate • Culture
Risk Factors • Conditions that increase the likelihood of a person becoming involved in drug use, delinquency, school dropout and/or violence. Source: CTC, Risk and Protective Factor Scale Construction Summary.
Protective Factors • Conditions that buffer a person from exposure to risk by either reducing the impact of the risks or changing the way the person responds to risks. Source: CTC, Risk and Protective Factor Scale Construction Summary.
Prevalence • Percentage of a population that is affected or that meets a given criteria, e.g., having used alcohol in the past month. Source: CTC, Risk and Protective Factor Scale Construction Summary.
Statistical Significance • A difference of such magnitude as to provide confidence that • the result did not occur by chance • the change was caused by something other than chance. Source: CTC, Risk and Protective Factor Scale Construction Summary.
Number vs. Percent/Rate • The number tells how many people. The percent tells the rate per 100 persons. • Percent captures the number • Percent allows for comparisons of prevalence, e.g., of places of unequal size #
Culture • The shared values, norms, traditions, customs, arts, history, folklore, and institutions of a group of people, passed on by more experienced members to new members. • Deep culture • Thoughts • Ideas • Understandings Tip
IN Youth Survey Data • Risk Factor Data • Protective Factor Data • Youth Problem Behaviors Data 2012
Domains of Influence Society Community Family School Peer Individual
IN Youth Survey Risk Factor Data • Academic Failure Beginning in Late Elementary • Lack of Commitment to School • Rebelliousness • Friends Who Engage in Problem Behavior • Early Initiation of the Problem Behavior • Availability of Drugs • Community Laws and Norms Favorable toward Drug Use • Family Management Problems • Family Conflict • Favorable Parental Attitudes and Involvement in Problem Behavior
Perceived Availability of Drugs • How easy would it be for you to get . . . • Cigarettes? • Beer, wine or liquor? • Marijuana • A drug like cocaine, LSD or amphetamines?
Community Laws & NormsFavorable Toward Drug Use • How wrong would most adults (over 21) in your neighborhood think it is for kids your age ….? • To use marijuana? • To drink alcohol? • To smoke cigarettes?
Poor Family Management • My parents ask if I’ve gotten my homework done • Would your parents know if you did not come home on time? • When I am not at home, one of my parents knows where I am and whom I am with. • The rules in my family are clear.
Poor Family Management, cont. • My family has clear rules about alcohol and drug use. • If you drank some beer or wine or liquor (e.g., vodka, whisky or gin) without your parents’ permission, would you be caught by your parents? • If you skipped school, would you be caught by your parents? • If you carried a handgun without your parents’ permission, would you be caught by your parents?
Family Conflict • People in my family often insult or yell at each other. • People in my family have serious arguments. • We argue about the same things in my family over and over.
Parental Attitudes Favorable toward ATOD Use • How wrong do your parents feel it would be for you to: • Drink beer, wine or hard liquor regularly? • Smoke cigarettes? • Smoke marijuana?
Academic Failure Beginning in Late Elementary School • What grades do you generally get in school?
Lack of Commitment to School • How often do you feel that the schoolwork you are assigned is meaningful and important? • How interesting are most of your courses to you? • How important do you think the things you are learning in school are going to be for your later life? • During the LAST FOUR WEEKS, how many whole days have you missed because you skipped or “cut”?
Lack of Commitment to School, cont. • Now, thinking back over the past year in school, how often did you: • Enjoy being in school? • Hate being in school? • Try to do your best work in school?
Rebelliousness • I do the opposite of what people tell me, just to get them mad. • I ignore rules that get in my way. • I like to see how much I can get away with.
Friends Who Engage in the Problem Behavior • Think of your four best friends (the friends you feel closest to). In the past year (12 months), how many of your best friends have: • Been suspended from school? • Carried a handgun? • Sold illegal drugs?
Friends Who Engage in the Problem Behavior, cont. • Think of your four best friends (the friends you feel closest to). In the past year (12 months), how many of your best friends have: • Stolen or tried to steal a motor vehicle such as a car or motorcycle? • Been arrested? • Dropped out of school?
Favorable Attitudes toward the Problem Behavior • How wrong do you think it is for someone your age to: • Take a handgun to school? • Steal anything worth more than $5? • Pick a fight with someone? • Attack someone with the idea of seriously hurting him or her? • Stay away from school all day when their parents think they are at school?
Early Initiation of the Problem Behavior (ATOD Q) • At what age did Cigarettes • Inhalants • Meth • Heroin • Steroids • Ecstasy • Hallucinogens • Rx Drugs to get high • OTC to get high • At what age did you first use . . . • Cigarettes • Smokeless Tobacco • Cigars • Pipe • Alcohol • Marijuana • Cocaine • Crack
IN Youth Survey Protective Factor Data • Family Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement • Family Rewards for Prosocial Involvement • Community Rewards for Prosocial Involvement • School Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement • School Rewards for Prosocial Involvement
Family Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement • My parents give me lots of chances to do fun things with them. • My parents ask me what I think before most family decisions affecting me are made. • If I had a personal problem, I could ask my mom or dad for help.
Community Rewards for Prosocial Involvement • My neighbors notice when I am doing a good job and let me know. • There are people in my neighborhood who encourage me to do my best. • There are people in my neighborhood who are proud of me when I do something well.
School Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement • In my school, students have lots of changes to help decide things like class activities and rules. • There are lots of chances for students in my school to talk with a teacher one-on-one. • Teachers ask me to work on special classroom projects.
School Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement, cont. • There are lots of chances for students in my school to get involved in sports, clubs, and other school activities outside of class. • I have lots of chances to be part of class discussions or activities.
School Rewards for Prosocial Involvement • My teacher(s) notice when I am doing a good job and lets me know about it. • The school lets my parents know when I have done something well. • I feel safe at my school. • My teachers praise me when I work hard in school.
Youth Problem Behaviors Data • Substance Abuse • Delinquency • Teen Pregnancy • School Drop-Out • Violence
IN Youth SurveyProblem Behaviors Data – Substance Abuse • Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs • Have you ever used • How many times in the last month … • At what age did you first use … • Binge drinking (5/4 x in past 2 wks)
Interpreting R&P Data • How wrong do you think it is for someone your age to smoke cigarettes? • Not wrong at all (1) • A little bit wrong (2) • Wrong (3) • Very wrong (4) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Identifying Elevated Risk The number of Indiana 8th graders at risk for family conflict is greater than that of other communities across the nation.
Family Conflict Scale 35.3% of students reported that their family argues repetitively
Identifying Depressed Protection • My parents give me lots of chances to do fun things with them. smoke cigarettes? • NO!(1) • no (2) • yes (3) • YES! (4) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Interpreting R&P Data The number of Indiana 6thgraders benefitting from community rewards for involvement is less than that of other communities across the nation.
Community Rewards Scale 48% of students reported that their neighbors DO NOT take notice of them and recognize them for doing a good job
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