Pride 2015 Overview

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Pride Survey 2015Results

Highlights of the surveys completed by middle andhigh school students in Ward 7

November 5, 2015


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Participating Schools

Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public

PolicyParkside Middle School, Parkside High

School

Friendship Public Charter School

Blow PierceMiddle School

IDEA Public Charter School (high school)

313 students participated; surveys implemented

May 2015

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Why the Pride Survey

Identifies student levels of drug use

protective factors which decrease the likelihood that

students engage in problem behavior

risk factors which increase the likelihood that

students engage in problem behavior

Allows multi-year comparison of data

Evaluates prevention goals and objectives Participation is voluntary and responses are

anonymous

Used by more than 8,000 school systemsNovember 5, 2015 3Ward 7 Safe & Drug-free Communities Coalition


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30-Day Use in Middle School

Cigarettes

.9%

Alcohol

4.3%Marijuana

7.8%

Prescription Drugs

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30-Day Use in High School

Cigarettes

9.5%

Alcohol

Marijuana

30.7%

Prescription Drugs

10.1%

30.2%



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Protective Factors

Protective factors are characteristics known to

decrease the likelihood that a student will engage in

problem behaviors.

The Pride survey measures five:

School opportunities for prosocial involvement

School rewards for prosocial involvement

Interaction with prosocial peers Prosocial involvement

Rewards for prosocial involvement



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Protective Factor Scores

7

64 66

38

5 5

0

25

50

75

100

Schoolopportunities for

prosocialinvolvement

School rewards forprosocial

involvement

Interaction withprosocial peers

Prosocialinvolvement

Rewards forprosocial

involvement

Overall Protective Factor Scale Scores, Middle and HighSchools Combined

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Risk Factors

Risk factors are characteristics known to increase

the likelihood that a student will engage in

problem behaviors.

The five highest-ranking are:

Low neighborhood attachment

Community disorganization

Interaction with antisocial peers

Community transitions and mobility

Laws and norms favorable to drug use



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Risk Factor Scores

65

8

67

66

6

0

25

50

75

100

Low NeighborhoodAttachment

CommunityDisorganization

Interaction withAntisocial Peers

CommunityTransitions and

Mobility

Laws and NormsFavorable to Drug

Use

Risk Factor Scale Scores, Middle and High Schools Combined,

Select Factors



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Schools are the LeadingProtective Factors

In the future, we should identify new ways to

engage schools, school programs, after-school

programs to increase the positive influence on childbehavior.

This will further increase the positive impact

schools have on young people.



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Ramp up the WeakestProtective Factors

Find new ways to address protective factors that

scored the lowest: interaction with prosocial peers,

prosocial involvement, and rewards for prosocial

involvement.

There is much room for improvement in these areas

and as such, offer the greatest opportunity.



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Tackling Risk Factors


Risk factors remain strong. Some of the ways we

can minimize impact:

Strong and targeted policy-focused action items

Educating nonprofits and DC government agenciesabout community development-related risk factors

and working with them to address them

Identifying partners to address low neighborhood

attachment and mobility risk factors


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Learn more

Contact Vickie Wells ([email protected]) or

Susie Cambria ([email protected]) to:

learn more about the Coalition

learn more about the W7SDCC Pride surveyresults

Schedule a briefing on the Pride survey results


www.w7sdcc.org
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Pride 2015 Overview