Welcome to Swan Valley Middle School

2011 Data Presentation

What is MiPHY? The Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth is an anonymous, on line survey supported by the Michigan Department of Education and Community Health. The survey asks about behavior and attitude related to nutrition, physical activity, injuries, tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use. It also asks about sexual behaviors that cause AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy.

Purpose? Evaluation of the effectiveness of certain curricula and programming aimed at education and prevention of unhealthy choices. The school district is required to obtain and report this data for grant and funding purposes.

MiPHY details… The survey is anonymous and individual student results are not obtained or recorded. The survey takes most student about 20 minutes to complete. Students in grades 7, 9, and 11 take the survey every other year. Swan Valley piloted the survey in 2007, and then began administering it on the current cycle in 2008.

Categories included in the survey: Tobacco Alcohol and other drugs Violence Sexual behavior Physical activity, weight and nutrition Family and school domains

Parent opt out option…. All parents receive a letter explaining the MiPHY survey prior to its administration. Parents who choose to have their son/daughter opt out can return a form that requests that their son/daughter not participate. –2 individuals opted out this year

Validity of the results? This survey draws questions from other surveys that have “stood the test of time” including the Youth Risky Behavior Survey (YRBS) which is given nationally. This is a scientific survey; all questions are carefully selected and many responses from students are excluded from the report due to false reporting. 120 student responses were tabulated as part of this survey

Tobacco Questions Percent2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students who reported their parents felt cigarette use to be wrong or very wrong 99.2%118 Percentage of students who reported cigarette use by peers to be wrong or very wrong 97.5%89.5%116 Percentage of students who ever smoked a whole cigarette (lifetime) 3.4%7.5%4

Tobacco Questions PercentNumber of Students Percentage of student who were exposed to second hand smoke during the past 30 days 42.5%51 Percentage of students who were exposed to second hand smoke daily during the past 7 days 10.8%13

Alcohol & Other Drugs Questions Percent 2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students who reported their parents felt regular alcohol use to be wrong or very wrong 98.3%91.6%117 Percentage of students who reported they thought none of their friends had been drunk recently 88.3%84.4%106 Percentage of students who had at least one drink of alcohol on school property during the past 30 days 0%0

Alcohol & Other Drugs Questions Percent 2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students who reported it was easy or very easy to get alcohol 33%38%38 Percentage of students who ever drank alcohol (lifetime) 8.8%11.2%10 Percentage of students who reported they thought some of their friends had been drunk recently 10.8%12.6%13 Percentage of students who have ever been drunk 3.5%4 (Note: These are all males) Percentage of students who had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row, that is, within a couple of hours, during the past 30 days.9%2.3%1

Alcohol & Other Drugs Questions Percent 2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students who sniffed glue, or breathed the contents of spray cans, or inhaled any paints or sprays to get high during the past 30 days 2.5%1.5%3 Percentage of students who ever rode in a vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol during the past 30 days 21.8%33.3%26

Alcohol & Other Drugs Questions Percent 2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students who reported marijuana was easy or very easy to get 12.5%15 Percentage of students who have ever tried marijuana.8%3%1 Percentage of students who have used marijuana during the past 30 days (recent) 1.7%2.2%2

Alcohol & Other Drugs Questions Percent 2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students who have used any form of cocaine in the past 30 days 7.5%5.9%9 Percentage of students who used steroids one or more times during the past 30 days 7.5%5.2%9 Percentage of students who ever took a prescription drug such as Ritalin, Adoral, or Xanax without a doctor’s prescription 8.4%5.9%10 Percentage of students who ever took a painkillers such as as OxyCotin, Codeine, Percocet, or Tylenol III without a doctor’s prescription 11.8%8.1%14

Suicide Questions PercentNumber of Students Percentage of 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 19%22 Percentage of students who seriously considered attempting suicide during the past 12 months 11.8%14 Percentage of students who actually attempted tried to kill themselves 4.2%5

Sexual Behavior Questions Percent2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students who have ever talked with their parents or other adults in their family about what they expected them to do or not to do when it comes to sex 46.7%62.4%56 Percentage of students who had ever been taught in school about AIDS or HIV infection 73.3%82.1%88 Percentage of students who have ever had sexual intercourse (lifetime) 2.6%5%3 Percentage of students who had sexual intercourse with one or more people during the last 3 months (recent) 2.6%.9%3

Family Domain Questions Percent2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students who feel very close to their mother 94.2%87.4%113 Percentage of students who feel very close to their father 86.3%80.3%101 Percentage of students who could ask their mom or dad for help with personal problems 79%94 Percentage of students whose parents notice when they are doing a good job and let them know 75.6%90 Percentage of students whose parents tell them they are proud for something they’ve done 79%94

Family Domain Questions Percent2010 Comparison Number of Students Percentage of students whose parents ask whether their homework is done 5.8%7 Percentage of students with people in their family who have serious arguments 37.2%41.4%41 Percentage of students whose parents would not know if they did not come home on time 11.9%14

Where do we go from here? School perspective: –Goal is to see a decline in unhealthy behaviors. –Shared with the community School improvement team 7 th Grade Skills Classes (1 st Semester) –Modify curriculum, instruction and programming to address areas of need Shared with our Skills teachers, PE teachers, and counselor Family perspective: –Talk to your children –Clearly communicate your expectations –Be willing to be the “bad guy”

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