1. 2014 HYS Workshop Krissy Johnson, OSPI June 23, 2015

2. Workshop purpose and objectives Help people understand and use their HYS results: Overview of 2014 Results HYS background & administration Results available on AskHYS Using your data

3. Who’s Here? Does your school participate in the HYS? How familiar are you with the HYS?

4. Overview of the HYS Survey

5. What is the Healthy Youth Survey? Washington’s school-based youth health-risk survey---voluntary and anonymous For students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 Administered approximately every 2 years since 1988. The current version has been implemented since 2002.

6. 2014 HYS Participation Over 223,000 students… In all 39 counties… In 215 school districts… In 989 schools took HYS

7. New in 2014: Better Data for Small Schools Schools with small populations offered the option to include all students 6 th grade and older New reports combining grades

8. Topics in Survey In addition to substance use, mental health… Risk and Protective Factors (School, Community and Family) Commitment (Engagement to School) Feel safe at school Counselor? Contact? Someone in school to help?

9. Overview of 2014 Results

10. The rates of alcohol use among 8 th and 10 th grades has dropped by half. Nearly 11,000 fewer students are using alcohol compared to 2010. Q. Had alcohol during the past 30 days? Source: WSSAHB 1998 (spring), 2000 (fall), HYS 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 (fall) -24% Alcohol Use The prevalence of alcohol use has declined significantly in all grades.

11. Marijuana Use Marijuana use did not change significantly from 2012 to 2014 Year 10 th Grade Marijuana Use 1998 26.6% 2000 21.9% 2002 18.3% 2004 17.1% 2006 18.3% 2008 19.1% 2010 20.0% 2012 19.3% 2014 18.1% Q. Used marijuana/hashish during the past 30 days? Source: WSSAHB 1998 (spring), 2000 (fall), HYS 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 (fall)

12. Perception of Risk from Marijuana Use Increasingly more students think using marijuana regularly is not risky Q. Using marijuana regularly has no risk/only slight risk 21% 18%

13. Marijuana Use & Parent/Community Norms

14. Mental Health Status More than one in four students had depressive feelings in the past year. Over 100,000 youth (12-17 year olds) seriously considered suicide in the past year, which is about one in every six students. NOTES: Depressive feeling: felt so sad or hopeless for two weeks in a row that they stopped doing usual activities. Percent of students answering “Yes”

15. Mental Health: Anxiety & Worrying

16. Substance Use and Mental Health Status Students who had poor mental health are also more likely to report substance use. NOTES: Tobacco products include cigarettes and chewing tobacco. Use Alcohol Use Marijuana Use Tobacco * Use Pain Killers Use Alcohol Use Marijuana Use Tobacco * Use Pain Killers

17. Substance Use and Poor Academic Performance NOTES: * Did not use alcohol, marijuana, tobacco products (cigarettes or chewing tobacco), or pain killers in the past 30 days. Low Grades Washington State 10 th graders who reported substance use are twice as likely to have low grades in school than those who do not use substances Q. Low Grades Putting them all together, what were your grades like last year? Percent of students who report receiving “C”, “D”, or “F” mostly. Use Alcohol

18. School Risk and Protective Factors Scale Scores “Protected”, “At Risk” School Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement Decisions about class activities, talk to teacher one-on-one, work on special projects, get involved in extracurricular activities, class discussion involvement…

19. Protected by “School Opportunities” ? Washington 10 th graders who are protected by “School Opportunities” have lower substance use rates.

20. Washington 10 th graders with the risk factor “Academic Failure” have higher rates of substance use than students without that risk factor. At Risk for “Academic Failure”?

21. New Questions in 2014 Marijuana questions Texting and driving Sexual orientation Anxiety/worrying Social/emotional Gangs at school Stopping/reporting bulling

22. HYS Administration

23. Statewide support for HYS Schools, ESDs, Local Health, Community Partners & Looking Glass Analytics

24. Common Concern How do we know kids are telling the truth? How do we know these data are believable?

25. Data Reliability Standardized administration procedures Importance of survey No names Only student sees their answers Administration period of one week, same time during the day Students resource list

26. Data Validity HYS uses questions from established surveys. Questions that measure what the question is intended to measure. Data Cleaning Procedures, that remove respondents with: Inconsistent answers High level of substance use (all substances, every day) Dishonest Wrong grade Fake drug question Consistent removal since 2002 of 3% - 4% of the surveys

27. Questions?

28. Data on AskHYS.net http://www.askhys.net/

29. Levels of access County, ESD and State results are available to everyone. School district and school building HYS results are available only with the permission of the superintendents’ offices.

30. Accessing the Data on AskHYS.net

31. Using HYS Data “While it is perception data, we value any information and insight regarding how our students feel at school. We know from research that those feelings impact their daily ability to fully focus on and engage in learning. At Olympia High School, we’ve developed a new mentor program and increased support for new student transition and other activities in response to the survey. That’s created a more inclusive school environment.” - Andra Kelley-Batstone, Olympia high school counselor

32. Using HYS Data How have you used or seen HYS data used in your school or community?

33. Using HYS Data Sharing back with students & parents - social norms campaigns Tailoring services (e.g. suicide prevention, prevention education) Hiring decisions (additional counselor, prevention/interventionist) Joining forces with other counselors to present data as a district to district administration Targeting community awareness efforts

34. Changes to the HYS What issues are emerging? What could be revised?

35. Questions? Krissy Johnson: Krissy.Johnson@k12.wa.usKrissy.Johnson@k12.wa.us Other HYS questions: Susan Richardson: susan@rainiertheory.comsusan@rainiertheory.com healthy.youth@doh.wa.gov www.AskHYS.net

36. Thank you! From the Healthy Youth Survey Planning Committee DSHS-DBHR: Martha Perla, Linda Becker, Steve Smothers, Grace Hong OSPI: Krissy Johnson, Dixie Grunenfelder DOH: Kevin Beck, Anar Shah, Lillian Bensley, Cathy Wasserman, Riley Peters Liquor Control Board: Mary Segawa Looking Glass: Joe Kabel and Susan Richardson