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Foti, Kathryn; Balaji, Alexandra; Shanklin, Shari – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: To monitor priority health risk behaviors and school health policies and practices, respectively, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) and the School Health Profiles (Profiles). CDC is often asked about the use and application of these survey data to improve…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Disease Control, Risk, Health Behavior
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Everett, Sherry A.; Kann, Laura; McReynolds, Larkin – Journal of School Health, 1997
Summarizes how some education agencies, collaborating with health agencies, community agencies, school boards, parents, and youth, use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which monitors six categories of adolescent behavior that place them at risk, to describe risk behaviors, create awareness, set program goals, develop programs, support…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, College Students, Higher Education, Program Development