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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
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
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.