Healthy Youth Survey 2010 Highlights for Survey Administrators

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Summary of Contents

Survey background Who participates in HYS Survey materials Administering the survey Survey results

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Survey Background

Washington State’s school-based youth risk and behavior survey

Survey results are important to school, county and statewide stakeholders and are used for needs assessment, planning, program improvements and evaluation

Survey questions are from valid national surveys All schools with 6th, 8th, 10th or 12th grade students

can participate Sponsored by OPSI, DOH, DSHS-DBHR,

Commerce, FPC and LCB Conducted every 2 years (since 1988) In 2008, over 200,000 students participated

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Who Participates in HYS?

ALL 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th grade students in the school

Participation is VOLUNTARYParents can decline participationStudents can decline participation in the

survey (an alternative activity will be scheduled by your survey coordinator)

Students can skip any questions they don’t want to answer

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Survey Materials

You will receive the following materials from your school’s survey coordinator:Survey administration instructions (1)Answer sheet envelope (1) If You Need Some Help resource lists (1

per student)Survey booklets (1 per student)

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Survey Booklet Formatting

Instructions on the first page Survey questions next And the last page is a tear-off answer

sheet where students “bubble-in” their answers

The last section of survey questions may be missing if your school decided not to ask them

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Survey Booklet Types

In 6th grade classrooms: Use the green Form C (no sexual behavior questions)

In 8th, 10th and 12th grade classrooms: Use the blue Form A & the blue Form B (includes sexual

behavior questions)Or the blue Form A & the maroon form NS (no sexual behavior questions)

The survey forms you receive are “interleaved” (alternated A-B-A-B or A-NS-A-NS) so every other student receives a different survey

The survey questions are numbered differently on Forms A & B/NS, but they should take a similar amount of time to answer

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Survey Booklets in Spanish

If you need a Spanish version of the survey, let your survey coordinator know in advance

The Spanish version is a photocopy (not in a booklet form). Students taking the Spanish survey will need to tear out a answer sheet from the back of an English version booklet

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On the Day of the Survey Plan to allow students a full class

period for the survey (about 40-50 minutes)

Read through the survey administration instructions

Make sure you have enough materials for all students (booklets, resource lists, answer sheet envelope, No. 2 pencils)

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Administering the Survey

Hand out the survey booklets and pencils Read the Instructions to Students (on the

survey administration instructions) Let students know:

Their answers are important! Participation is voluntary (dismiss students to

alternative activity if necessary) No one will know their answers The survey is not a test, there are no right or

wrong answers

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During the Survey Complete the information on the answer

sheet envelope Stay in the room, but at your desk (do not

walk around) Answer students’ questions if they ask and

you can preserve the anonymous nature of the survey. Let them know they can skip questions

Accommodate students with special needs if reasonable, and if their answers can remain voluntary and anonymous

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When the Survey is Over Pass the answer sheet envelope to one

student, and instruct students to pass around the envelope and insert their answer sheets (do not include survey booklets). Ask the last student to seal the envelope and hand it in to you.

Collect all of the used and unused survey materials for disposal

Hand out the resource list ~ If You Need Some Help

Return the sealed answer sheet envelope and the survey materials to your survey coordinator

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Survey Results

School building, district, county, ESD, and statewide survey reports of results will be released in Spring 2011 (mid-March)

HYS results are available online at: www.AskHYS.net

Thank You!The Joint Survey Planning Committee greatly appreciates your assistance in administrating the Health Youth Survey.

If you have any questions about the survey, please talk with your building coordinator.

For more information about the survey and past survey results, visit: www.hys.wa.gov www.askhys.net www.doh.wa.gov/healthyyouth