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FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOLS

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL

YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY 2015

Analysis & Processing: David S. Sallee, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Radford University Prepared by: Center for Public Health Practice and Research, Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech May, 2015

Introduction: Information Collected from the YRBS

• Accurate, reliable information regarding the health

behaviors and needs of 8th -12th grade students in the Floyd County Schools.

• Alcohol, tobacco and other drug usage activities
• Exercise and dietary behaviors including consumption of

sugary sweetened beverages

• Violence-related activities
• A variety of other health and safety related activities

The specific questions addressed:

• What is the current level of risk-taking behaviors among 8th-

12th grade students?

• How do the current levels of self-reported behavior among

Floyd County high school and middle school students compare with their national counterparts (2013 CDC YRBS)?

• What are the health related needs for the 8th-12th grades in

Floyd County Schools?

Instrumentation and Administration:

• Administered to:
• All 8th grade students
• All 10th and 12th grade students
• Adapted from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) YRBS
• 1) CORE measures (Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, and

Prescription Drugs): 30 day use; perception of peer disapproval; perception of harm; and perceptions of parental disapproval

• 2) Data focusing on risk behaviors of specific concern to the

community

• 111 multiple choice questions

Middle School Results

8th Grade

Middle School Demographics:

• 153 students total
• Age:
• 26.8% (n=41) 13 years old
• 65.4% (n=100) 14 years old
• 6.5% (n=10) 15 years old
• Gender:
• 50.3% (n=77) Female
• 49.0% (n=75) Male
• Race/Ethnicity:
• 83.7% (n=128) White
• 5.9% (n=9) Multi Racial
• 2.6% (n=4) African American
• 3.3% (n=5) American Indian
• r Alaska Native
• 3.3% (n=5) Hispanic or

Latino

• 61.4% (n=94)

described their grades as mostly As and Bs

Middle School Data by Gender:

Data Points Higher in Males:

• Carrying weapons
• Awareness of gang activities,

and approached to join gang activities

• Cigarette use, chewing tobacco,

snuff, or dip use

• Electronic vapor product use
• Texting while driving

Data Points Higher in Females:

• Weight loss activities
• Feeling sad or hopeless almost every

day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities

• Seriously considering attempting

suicide, making a plan, and actually attempting suicide

• Intentionally injury to themselves, and

knowing of others that have done the same

• Being bullied
• Receiving threatening or intimidating

communication online

High School Results

10th & 12th Grade

High School Demographics:

• 238 students total
• Grade:
• 10th grade (n=126, 52.9%)
• 12th grade (n=108, 45.4%)
• Age:
• 2.1% (n=5) 12 years old or

younger

• 0.8% (n=2) 13 years old
• 0.8% (n=2) 14 years old
• 25.2% (n=60) 15 years old
• 24.8% (n=59) 16 years old
• 29.0% (n=69) 17 years old
• 17.2% (n=41) and 18 years or
• lder
• Gender:
• 47.5% (n=113) Female
• 49.6% (n=118) Male
• Race/Ethnicity:
• 81% (n=193) White
• 10.9% (n=26) Multi Racial
• 2.5% (n=6) African American
• 2.5% (n=6) Asian
• 68.1% (n=162) described their

grades as mostly As and Bs

• 91.6% (n= 218) had attended Floyd

County Schools for two years or more

High School Data by Gender:

Data Points Higher in Males:

• Carrying weapons
• Physical fighting
• Chewing tobacco and snuff use
• Riding in a car or other vehicle driven

by someone who had been drinking alcohol, in the past 30 days

• High school males reported wearing a

seat belt less frequently than high school females

Data Points Higher in Females:

• Weight loss activities
• Feeling sad or hopeless almost every

day for two weeks or more in a row

• Seriously considering attempting

suicide

• Missing school because of bullying
• Number of hours texting, blogging,

and chatting on an average school day

• Volunteering in their community

Comparison Tables: A Snapshot

Comparison Tables: Violence and Gang Activities

Threat Assessment

• FCPS has a Threat Assessment protocol in place

that provides a research based approach to an investigation of a threat.

• Our Resource Officer is an active member of our

Threat Assessment Team.

• Adapted from Guidelines for Responding to Student

Threats of Violence by Dewey Cornell and Peter Sheras, (Sopris West, 2006)

Mandated Reporters

• Local Interagency Agreement between Floyd County

Public Schools and Floyd County Department of Social Services.

• The Code of Virginia Section 63.2-1511.D requires each

local department of social services and school division to adopt a written interagency agreement as a protocol for investigating child abuse and neglect reports.

• Pursuant to the Code of Virginia, Section 63.2-1509,

school division employees will report suspected child abuse and neglect within 24 hours of the first suspicion.

Comparison Tables: Suicide and Self Harm

Suicide Protocol

• In accordance with § 22.1-272.1 Code of Virginia, all licensed

educational professionals who believe a student may be at risk for attempting suicide hold the responsibility of reporting these students to a licensed school professional, while ensuring the safety of the student. All educational professionals who discover that a student has thought or fantasized about taking one’s own life, even without the presence of any action to carry out these thoughts, will immediately notify a School Counselor, School Psychologist, School-Home Coordinator, or School Nurse.

• Licensed School Professional (LSP) A LSP includes professional

school counselors, school nurses, school psychologists, and school social workers. The LSP is trained to conduct interviews with students in order to informally assess the level of suicide risk.

Conducting a Risk Assessment

• The LSP, upon notification, will immediately interview

the student to determine the suicide risk. The LSP will use the Suicide Risk Assessment and Checklist. Under such conditions as a suicide threat, commitment to student confidentiality is superseded by the need to initiate life-saving interventions.

• In accordance with § 22.1-272.1 Code of Virginia,

when a student appears to be at risk for attempting suicide, licensed school professionals are responsible for assessing a student’s level of imminent risk.

Valuable Prevention Resources

• Therapeutic Day Treatment Services provided by:
• Family Preservation Services
• National Counseling Group
• New River Valley Community Services:
• provides emergency evaluation and crisis intervention

to the New River Valley 24 hours per day, 7 days per week (ACCESS, (540) 961-8400)

• Counseling and Training on Mental Health Issues
• Prevention Care

Mental Health First Aide Training

• This training is aimed at helping teach school

personnel (or other professions) how to identify mental health symptoms and get those people/students linked to services.

• Provided by New River Valley Community

Services Crisis and Family Services

Comparison Tables: Cigarette and Tobacco Use

Comparison Tables: Electronic Vapor Product Use

Tobacco Prevention Program

• According to FCPS Policy GBEC, smoking,

chewing or any other use of any tobacco products by staff, students, and visitors is prohibited on school property.

• The majority of the reported cases are smokeless

tobacco.

• First Offense:
• The child has to research and write a two page paper on

the effects of tobacco on an individual’s health.

• The project is completed during one day of In-School-

Suspension.

Comparison Tables: Alcohol Use and Family Rules

Students Against Destructive Decisions, formerly Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD)

• The mission of the SADD chapter is to help people

avoid the dangers of drinking and driving.

• Today, their mission has expanded to deal with

underage drinking, other drug use, risky and impaired driving, and other destructive decisions.

• Professional Community Speakers provide

information on real life drug abuse outcomes.

• New Life
• New River Valley Community Services

Comparison Tables: 30 Day Drug Use

Comparison Tables: Drug Use During Life

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, January 2015

16.7% 30.3% 12.7% 26.8% 29.3% 47.8% 13.4% 24.6% 23.4% 2.7% 9.9% 12.1% 16.1% 2.7% 10.0% 3.2% 2.0% 8.7% 2.2% 29.8% 41.8% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 8th grade High School National 2013

30-Day Use, Percentage of Students

Cigarettes Spit Tobacco Alcohol Marijuana Cocaine Rx Drugs Meth (lifetime use) Heroin (lifetime) Vapor Products

Comparison Tables: Weight Loss & Physical Activity

Prevention Programs

• Too Good For Drugs
• 5th and 7th Grade
• Multifaceted framework based on several theoretical

constructs which have been strongly supported by research in the prevention field (Social Learning Theory, Bandura).

• Health Rocks!
• 8th Grade
• Researched based program that encourages healthy choices.

Comparison Tables: Online Activity

Comparison Tables: Bullying

Bullying Model Policy

• On October 24, 2013, the Virginia Board of Education

adopted the Model Policy to Address Bullying in Virginia’s

• Schools. The 2013 Virginia General Assembly enacted

HB 1871, which amended the Code of Virginia at § 22.1- 276.01, to provide a definition of “bullying” as follows:

• “…any aggressive and unwanted behavior that is intended to

harm, intimidate, or humiliate the victim; involves a real or perceived power imbalance between the aggressor or aggressors and victim; and is repeated over time or causes severe emotional

• trauma. ‘Bullying’ includes cyber bullying. ‘Bullying’ does not

include ordinary teasing, horseplay, argument or peer conflict.”

Bullying: Character and Code

• f Conduct
• Virginia school boards have been required to include

bullying prevention as a part of character education since 2005 (§ 22.1-208.01 of the Code of Virginia).

• In addition, school boards are expected to include

bullying as a prohibited behavior in their student codes of conduct (§ 22.1-279.6.D of the Code of Virginia) and to implement policies and procedures to educate school board employees about bullying and the need to create a bully-free environment (§ 22.1-291.4 of the Code of Virginia) by July 1, 2014.

Continued Collection of Data

• Participation in the Virginia School Safety Survey
• Collects information on Bullying, Communication with

Law Enforcement, Gangs, Threat Assessments, and

• verall Crisis Management.
• Crisis Management Plan, which is reviewed and

revised annually.

• Administration of the Student Climate Survey will
• ccur in the Spring of 2016.

Communities in Schools

• Jonathan Penn-Joint Executive Director for Communities

in Schools Pulaski and Floyd Counties.

• Site Directors located at the high school furnished by

NRVCS.

• Truancy Attendance Recovery Team (TART)
• Alternative Education
• Combination of alternative education and vocational

education.

• Vocational Certification
• Family Assessment and Planning Team

Comparison Tables: Positive Social Support and Volunteering

Comparison Tables: Parental and Peer Disapproval

Comparison Tables: Parental Involvement

High School Conclusions: A Comparison to National Data

• The number of students that never
• r rarely wore a seat belt when

riding in a car driven by someone else is slightly higher than the national average.

• The number of students that rode

1 or more times in the past 30 days in a vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol is higher than the national average.

• The number of students during

the past 30 days that drove a vehicle 1 or more times when they had been drinking alcohol is higher than the national average.

• The number of students that carried

a weapon on 1 or more of the past 30 days is higher than the national average.

• Physical fighting is slightly higher

than the national average.

• The number of students that had

actually attempted suicide 1 or more times during the past 12 months is slightly higher than the national average.

• Cigarette and chewing tobacco or

snuff use is higher than the national average.

• Thirty day alcohol use is higher

than the national average.

• Cocaine, sniffing or breathing

substances to get high, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy use is slightly higher than the national average.

• The number of students that took

steroid pills or shots without a doctor’s prescription 1 or more times during their life is slightly higher than the national average.

• The number of students that went

without eating for 24 hours or more to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight during the past 30 days is higher than the national average.

High School Conclusions: A Comparison to National Data Cont.

Recommendations - Middle School and High School

The following recommendations are offered based on the data reported in this assessment:

• 1. The activities and efforts that have taken place in Floyd

County should continue in an effort to collect similar data in future years.

• 2. Health education and information should be a part of a

County wide comprehensive and coordinated effort.

• 3. Monitoring of student’s health related behaviors should

continue and should serve as a springboard for changes in the curriculum or services provided when appropriate.