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 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
 South Carolina

In South Carolina, a stratified, random sample of South Carolina students in approximately 50 middle and 50 high schools is surveyed every odd year.  This survey, conducted by the SC Healthy Schools project at the SC Department of Education, is part of a national effort to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States.  These behaviors, often established during childhood and early adolescence, include:

· Tobacco use

· Unhealthy dietary behaviors

· Inadequate physical activity

· Alcohol and other drug use

· Sexual behaviors that contribute to HIV infection, other

                 sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies
                  · Behavior that contribute to intentional and unintentional 
                 injury 

For more information about YRBS in South Carolina, contact:

Elaine Maney at 803-734- 3194 or email to ecmaney@ed.sc.gov  

Melissa English at 803-734-3193 or email to menglish@ed.sc.gov  

 

 Use YRBS Data to:

· Secure funding for school programs

· Be informed about priority health risk behaviors that impact  

       learning

· Plan and develop effective health curriculum/programs with
       measurable goals

· Use the surveys as pre/post test in your health course
   New 2007!
   High School: YRBS/2007SCH_Questionnaire.pdf
   Middle School: YRBS/2007SCM_Questionnaire.pdf    

· Allocate limited resources for targeted needs

· Support school health-related legislation and policies

· Guide and inform staff development
      · Compare national, state, and local data over time

 Using YRBS Data Makes Cents!!

  • Educator Dana Riley incorporates YRBS trends into classroom lessons and has received over $47,000 in grant money for her classroom using YRBS data.
     

  • Comprehensive Health Education Coordinator, Diane Finklea uses YRBS data to plan programs and substantiate their need to her school board.
     

  • Melanie Webb, former Safe Schools/Healthy Students Coordinator, used YRBS data to enhance grant applications resulting in more than 8 million in federal funding for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students project.
     

  • Jay Daniels, SC Department of Health and Environmental Control's Physical Activity Consultant, uses YRBS data to support approximately one million dollars of continued preventive health and health services block-grant funding.