2005 CT School Health Survey Results

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Diane Aye, MPH, PhD Connecticut Department of
Public Health Diane.Aye_at_ct.gov [phone]
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CSHS Team

• Diane Aye
• Dawn Sorosiak
• Celeste Jorge
• Richard Rodriguez
• Marijane Mitchell
• Vivian Henry
• Nancy Dickman

• Bonnie Edmondson
• Cheryl Resha

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Background

• Comprised of two components
• Youth Tobacco Component
• (also known as Youth Tobacco Survey)
• Youth Behavior Component
• (also known as Youth Risk Behavior Survey)

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• Connecticut School Health Survey
• Questions include
• Tobacco Use
• Dietary Habits
• Physical Activity
• Alcohol and other drug use
• Sexual Behaviors
• Behaviors that contribute to injuries and
  violence
• Protective factors

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Mortality data for youth and young adults aged
1024, Connecticut, 20032005
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• Connecticut School Health Survey
• New Topics in 2007
• Gambling
• Computer Use
• Sleep
• Family love and support
• Visit to dentist
• Full School Survey of one High School

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Response Rate

• School Response Rate x Student Response Rate
• Overall response rate
• School
• 46/59 school participation rate 78
• Student
• 2086/2659 78.5
• Overall
• 76.3 x 78.4 61.2

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Percentage of CT students who gambled for money
or possessions (including lottery tickets,
betting on sports teams, or card games) in the
past 12 months.
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Percentage of students who get 8 or more hours of
sleep on an average school night
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Percentage of CT students who watched three or
more hours per day of TV or played video/computer
games on an average school day by gender
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Percent of students who are overweight or obese
gt85th percentile but lt95th percentile BMI based
on reference data gt95th percentile for BMI based
on reference data
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CT Students engaging in healthy (exercise, eating
low-cal, low-fat foods) and non-healthy
(laxatives, pills, vomiting, fasting) weight loss
behaviors
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Percent of students met recommended levels and
participated in an insufficient amount of
physical activity
Were physically active at least 60 min on 5 days
in the past week Were physically active for at
least 60 minutes on no days in the past week
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Percentage of CT students who never or rarely
wore a seat belt when riding in a car driven by
someone else and never or rarely wore a bicycle
helmet
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Percentage of students who rode in a car or other
vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking
alcohol or were the driver, one or more times
during the past 30 days
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Percentage of students who felt sad or hopeless
for 2 or more weeks, or considered, planned or
attempted suicide one or more times during the
past 12 months
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Percentage of CT students who felt so sad or
hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more
in a row that they stopped doing some usual
activities during the past 12 months
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Percentage of CT students who actually attempted
suicide one or more times during the past 12
months by grade, gender, and race/ethnicity
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Percentage of students who had been in a physical
fight or physical fight on school property during
the past 12 months
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Percentage of students who did not go to school
because they felt unsafe at school or on their
way to or from school on one or more of the past
30 days
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Percentage of CT students who had been harassed
or bullied on school property one or more times
during the past 12 months
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Percentage of students who carried a weapon such
as a gun, knife, or club, or carried a weapon on
school property, during the past 30 days
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Percentage of students who experienced dating
violence or were ever physically forced to have
sexual intercourse
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Percentage of CT students who were hit, slapped,
or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend
or girlfriend during the past 12 months
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Percentage of students who ever had sexual
intercourse and number of partners
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Percentage of students who ever had sexual
intercourse by grade, gender, and race-ethnicity
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Percentage of students who had at least one drink
of alcohol (current drinking), or who had 5 or
more drinks in a row (binge drinking), or who
used marijuana on one or more of the past 30 days
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Percentage of students who used any form of
marijuana, cocaine, heroin, inhalants,
methamphetamines, over-the-counter drugs, ecstasy
and non-Rx steroids during their lifetime
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Percentage of students who were offered, sold, or
given an illegal drug on school property by
someone during the past 12 months
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Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on
one or more of the past 30 days. Data from
Youth Tobacco Component
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Percent prevalence of risk factors (within the
past month) By academic grade
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Grades by Race-Ethnicity
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Grades by Race-Ethnicity
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Percent prevalence of risk factors among
cigarette smokers versus non-smokers
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Percent prevalence of risk factors among students
involved vs not involved in after school
activities
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Percent prevalence of risk factors by whether
student agrees that their family loves them and
provides help and support when needed
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Percent prevalence of risk factors by whether
student says that parents usually know where
they are
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Percentage of CT students with current risk
factors by grade
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Percentage of students with after school
activities, volunteer activities, and paid work
by grade
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Ever tested for HIV and saw a dentist or dental
health professional in the past 12 months by
race-ethnicity
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Selected risk factors within the past 30 days by
race-ethnicity
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Selected risk factors within the past 30 days by
race-ethnicity
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Selected risk factors by race-ethnicity
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Selected risk factors by race-ethnicity
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Publications, survey information, and program
information are available on the following web
sites
www.ct.gov/dph search CSHS www.ct.gov/sde/healthyc
onnections