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The Indiana Youth Survey
Insert Your Name, Title and Organization
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: [email protected]
Susan Samuel [email protected] 812-855-4905
For More Information…
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