The Indiana Youth Survey

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Adolescent substance use and other emotional and health issues are related to negative school outcomes: Absenteeism and tardinessAbsenteeism and tardiness Poor academic performancePoor academic performance Lack of motivationLack of motivation Interpersonal violenceInterpersonal 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 what 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 use2. Mental health3. Individual beliefs about drug use and antisocial behavior4. Family, peers, school, and community environment5. Gambling behaviors

What is the INYS?

All public and private schools in Indiana are welcome to participate.

Survey can be administered to grades 6-12. 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

Year Students

2011 168,801

2012 127,061

2013 117,554

2014 119,147

Students

Schools

Corporations

Participants 119,147 429 143

Total Population

548,858 1,929 307

Participation Rate

21.7 22.2 46.6

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

West Region (4)

East Region (6)

Central Region

(5)

Northwest Region (1)

Northeast Region (3)

Southeast Region (8)

NorthCentralRegion

(2)

Southwest Region (7)

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.

It is important to have a good response rate 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, 2015.

School corporations can register online at www.drugs.indiana.edu/indianasurvey/apply

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email explaining the next steps.

Registration

Before survey administration, schools will receive:For paper surveys: Paper surveys, envelopes, and paid return shipping labelsFor 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.

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 corporationPublicly available statewide data for comparisonTrend data for schools that participate over multiple yearsFree training on how to interpret data and resultsThe 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?

An Intervention Example

Advantages of Using INYS

Free Flexible Convenient Customizable Confidential Valuable Believable

Questions?

Insert your name, organizationInsert your email addressInsert your phone number

INYS website:

http://drugs.indiana.edu/indiana-youth-survey/indianasurvey

Email Address: INYS@indiana.edu

Susan Samuel samuels@indiana.edu 812-855-4905

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