California Healthy Kids SurveySouthwest Middle School

Andrew Anderson

Suzanna Kim

Tracy Shelton

California Healthy Kids SurveySouthwest Middle School (SOM)Sweetwater High School District

Survey Module SOM Final # District Final #

A. Core 331 5089

B. Resiliency 323 4853

C. AOD Use & Safety

308 3971

D. Tobacco 300 3765

E. Mental & Physical Health

290 3501

F. Sexual Behavior

262 3166

CHKS Survey - 2006Demographics of Participants

12%

88%

12 Years or Younger13 Years Old

Age

48%52%

Male Female

Gender

CHKS Survey - 2006Ethnicity of Participants

81%

11%

NativeAmericanAsian

Black

Latino

White

Other

More thanOne

SOM District

5%

6%12%12%

12%

62%

16%

Alcohol, Tobacco, & Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other DrugsOther Drugs

Module AModule AModule CModule CModule D Module D

ATOD Education in School Past 12 months

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

No or Unsure Yes

SOM

District

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

No or Unsure Yes

ATOD Education Refusal Skills Training

Peer Disapproval of Using Alcohol

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

A Lot Some Not Much Not At All

SOM

District

Peer Disapproval of Using Marijuana

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

A Lot Some Not Much Not At All

SOM

District

Peer Disapproval of Using Tobacco

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

A Lot Some Not Much orNot at All

SOM

District

Suggested Interventions – ATOD

Project ALERT

• Two-year universal program for middle schools• Designed to reduce onset and regular use of alcohol and

drugs among students• Focuses on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants• Core Curriculum of 11 lessons taught once a week

during first year• Three “booster” lessons delivered the following year

Sexual BehaviorSexual Behavior

Module AModule AModule F Module F

Agreement: For Some Teens, Having a Baby is a Good Decision

29% 22%

71%

78%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Very much agree & Agree Very much disagree & Disagree

SOM District

% of Topics Discussed with Parents/Adult/Family, Past 6 Months

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Parentsthoughts about

teens havingsex

Your ?'s aboutsex

Reasons whynot to have sex

at your age

Birth Control HIV/AIDS &STI's

How life wouldchange with

baby

Safer Choices• Designed for grades 9-12 but can be

adapted• Reduces # of students engaging in

unprotected sex• Encourages students to delay onset of

sexual intercourse• Promotes use of condoms and protection• Includes a peer-leader training program

Suggested Interventions - Sexual Behavior

Violence, Safety, & Violence, Safety, & HealthHealth

Module AModule AModule CModule CModule E Module E

Weapons Possession - Past 30 days

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

0 days 1+ days

SOM - gun

District - gun

SOM - other weapon

District - otherweapon

Perception of Peer Disapproval of Weapon Possession

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

"A Lot" or "Some" "Not Much" or "Not at All"

SOM

District

Current Gang Involvement

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

SOM

District

Suggested Interventions – Gangs

G.R.E.A.T. – Gang Resistance Education and Training• 13 session skills-based curriculum • Taught by law enforcement officers• Objectives: prevent delinquency, youth violence, and

gang membership • Uses facilitative teaching, positive behavior rehearsal,

cooperative and interactive learning techniques, and extended teacher activities.

• Students report significantly less drug use, total delinquency across all offense types, and minor offenses

Weight

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

"Very Under" or"Slightly Under"

"Slightly Over" or"Very Over"

SOM

District

Perceived Weight Body Mass Index

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%

70%80%90%

100%

Underweight Acceptable At-Risk Overweight

Weight Control

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Lose Gain

Desired Action on Weight

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Starve Diet Pills Vomit/Laxative

SOMDistrict

Actions Taken to Control Weight

Suggested Interventions – Health

Planet Health• Interdisciplinary curriculum focused on improving health

of middle school students• Objectives: increase physical activity, decrease TV-

viewing time, and improve eating habits• Provides lessons in Language Arts, Math, Science,

Social Studies, and Physical Education • Effective in preventing “disordered weight-control

behaviors” (self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives or diet pills for weight control) and decreasing obesity in girls (insignificant effect on boys)

• Reduced TV-viewing time in boys and girls

References

Gang Resistance Education and Training. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2007, from http://www.great-online.org/.

Planet Health. (n.d.) Retrieved October 20, 2007 from http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/prc/proj_planet.html.

Project ALERT. (n.d.) Retrieved October 20, 2007 from http://www.prjectalert.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1.

Safer Choices. (1998). Retrieved October 21, 2007, from http://www.californiahealthykids.org/c/@-iv1A5uVBwVz9E/Pages/product.html?record@R2603.

SAMHSA Model Programs. (n.d.). Project Venture. Retrieved October 21, 2007, from http://www.modelprograms.samhsa.gov/model.htm

WestEd. (2006). California Healthy Kids Survey Technical Report. Fall 2006 Report: Southwest Middle.

WestEd. (2006). California Healthy Kids Survey Technical Report. Fall 2006 Report: Sweetwater Union High School District.