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Download full textChristine G. Casey, Editor – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") series of publications is published by the Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Articles included in this supplement are: (1) Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System --…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Health Behavior, National Surveys
Direct linkHarper, Christopher R.; Clayton, Heather B.; Andrzejewski, Jack; Johns, Michelle M. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2018
Limited information exists on heterosexual youth with sexual contact with same-sex partners in the United States (i.e., discordant heterosexual). We compared the prevalence of health risks between discordant heterosexual, heterosexual with only opposite-sex sexual contact, lesbian/gay, and bisexual students using the 2015 national Youth Risk…
Descriptors: High School Students, Sexuality, Homosexuality, Health Behavior
Day, Sophia E.; Hinterland, Kinjia; Myers, Christa; Gupta, Leena; Harris, Tiffany G.; Konty, Kevin J. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) impacts health outcomes. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), like many school-based data sources, lacks individual-level poverty information. We propose using school-level percentages of student eligibility for free/reduced-price meals (%FRPM) as a proxy for individual-level poverty. Methods: Using the New…
Descriptors: Poverty, Eligibility, Lunch Programs, Race
Jia, Yuane; Konold, Timothy R.; Cornell, Dewey; Huang, Francis – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2018
Self-report surveys are widely used to measure adolescent risk behavior and academic adjustment, with results having an impact on national policy, assessment of school quality, and evaluation of school interventions. However, data obtained from self-reports can be distorted when adolescents intentionally provide inaccurate or careless responses.…
Descriptors: Surveys, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Adolescents, High School Students
Eaton, Danice K.; Brener, Nancy D.; Kann, Laura; Denniston, Maxine M.; McManus, Tim; Kyle, Tonja M.; Roberts, Alice M.; Flint, Katherine H.; Ross, James G. – Evaluation Review, 2010
The authors examined whether paper-and-pencil and Web surveys administered in the school setting yield equivalent risk behavior prevalence estimates. Data were from a methods study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in spring 2008. Intact classes of 9th- or 10th-grade students were assigned randomly to complete a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Incidence, At Risk Persons, Adolescents
Peer reviewedTompkins, Nancy O'Hara; Kamal, Khalid M.; Chapman, Don – Journal of School Health, 2005
Well-designed school health education should provide students with the knowledge and skills to prevent the health risk behaviors most responsible for the major causes of morbidity and mortality. This paper reports the methodology and findings of a West Virginia statewide health education assessment initiative and describes how the findings are…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Grade 8, Grade 6
