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 Adolescent substance use and other emotional and health issues are related to negative school outcomes:  Absenteeism and tardiness  Poor academic performance  Lack of motivation  Interpersonal violence Why is Prevention Important?

Why is Data Important?  Research shows that cost-effective youth prevention strategies should be based on local, current data from youth.  The INYS provides results to school corporations about w hat their students are doing and thinking about substance use and other health related issues.  Data gathered through the INYS can be used to guide planning for effective prevention strategies to ultimately improve academic performance and promote healthy behaviors.  Data gathered from the INYS can be used to enhance grant proposals and can help with grant reporting.

 The Indiana Youth Survey (INYS) is a self‐reported adolescent survey administered in Indiana schools and is funded by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction.  The survey asks students questions about their… 1.Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use 2.Mental health 3.Individual beliefs about drug use and antisocial behavior 4.Family, peers, school, and community environment 5.Gambling behaviors What is the INYS?

 All public and private schools in Indiana are welcome to participate.  Survey can be administered to grades  Survey can be administered from January through April.  Survey can be administered in 30 minutes.  Survey is available in a paper or online format.  Survey is completely FREE! What is the INYS?

 How many times in the past month (30 days) have you used _______?  At what age did you first use ______?  How wrong do your friends feel it would be for you to______?  Also asks questions about:  Beliefs, perceptions, and consequences  School, community, and home environments  Mental health  Gambling Sample Questions

INYS Participation YearStudents , , , ,147 StudentsSchoolsCorporations Participants 119, Total Population 548,8581, Participation Rate

 The strength of INYS is its ability to describe reported alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use at the state AND local levels.  Up to this point, the INYS has used convenience sampling, or recruiting voluntary participants wherever is convenient.  The biggest disadvantages of convenience sampling are sampling bias and the risk that the sample is not representative of the entire population. School Sampling Plan

 Starting in 2016, the INYS will use stratified random sampling techniques every other year to gather a random sample of Indiana schools.  INYS data will be sampled by Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)’s eight regions, as seen in the map to the right. School Sampling Plan

 This new sampling strategy will result in representative and more accurate data on the statewide level.  For the random sample, only public schools will be selected. response rate  It is important to have a good response rate for generating reliable and valid state-level data so we strongly encourage the selected schools to participated in the INYS. School Sampling Plan

 Schools not chosen in the random sample are still welcome to participate in the even years (2016, 2018, etc.).  The INYS will still use convenience sampling on the odd years (2017, 2019, etc.), and any school may participate. School Sampling Plan

Timeline Invitation letters are sent to schools January 31, 2016 January 15 through April 15, 2016 December 1, 2015 August 31, 2016 Registration opens August 15, 2015 Registration closes for paper surveys Choose a date to administer the survey and return them to the IPRC Registration closes for online surveys Receive report of survey results from the IPRC

 Survey registration opens on August 15,  School corporations can register online at  After registering, you will receive a confirmation explaining the next steps. Registration

Before survey administration, schools will receive:  For paper surveys: Paper surveys, envelopes, and paid return shipping labels  For both paper and online surveys: Administration guidelines, including a video What do schools get?

 Instructions on adding up to 15 additional survey questions based on your school corporation’s particular interests (optional)  IPRC provides a document of over 100 potential additional questions as a resource for schools.document  School can also make up their own questions. What do schools get?

After administering the survey, schools will get…  Free report detailing the survey results for the students of your school corporation  Publicly available statewide data for comparison  Trend data for schools that participate over multiple years  Free training on how to interpret data and results  The option of purchasing individual school reports at a small additional cost What do schools get?

 Student participation is voluntary.  Follow school policy regarding parental consent for student surveys. Student Participation

 Participation is confidential for students and for schools.  Corporation survey results are only released to the participating school corporation.  All results will remain confidential unless your school corporation provides written permission for the results to be released to a third party. Confidentiality

 The INYS produces valid results.  Items come from validated national surveys:  Monitoring the Future Study (MTF)  Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)  Communities that Care (CTC) Validity

 Surveys are eliminated if:  Majority of the items missing  Gender information missing  Grade information missing  Implausible combination of age and grade  Inconsistent responses  Pharmacologically implausible responses  Use of fictitious drug  Student indicated they did not answer survey truthfully Believability of Results

 Each participating school corporation will receive their own results for FREE.  Report will cover all survey items and includes state comparisons for selected items.  Schools can measure progress over time (when implemented over multiple years).  The results can be useful for grant reporting purposes and to help leverage additional funding.  The results can be useful for a variety of school and community policy and planning efforts. Benefits of Participating

 To understand your student body  To inform school policies  To select prevention programs or curricula  To collaborate with community prevention efforts  To succeed in grant-seeking How Can We Use the Results?

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Advantages of Using INYS  Free  Flexible  Convenient  Customizable  Confidential  Valuable  Believable

Questions?

 Insert your name, organization Insert your address Insert your phone number  INYS website: Address:  Susan Samuel For More Information… New INYS logo