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Applying the School Health Index to a nationally representative sample of schools: update for 2006Nancy D Brener
Surveillance Research Team, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 81:81-90. 2011..A new edition of the SHI (2005) and the availability of 2006 SHPPS data made it necessary to update and repeat the analysis...
Youth risk behavior surveillance - United States, 2009Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 59:1-142. 2010....
Prevalence of health-risk behaviors among Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students in the U.S., 2001-2007Richard Lowry
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Public Health Rep 126:39-49. 2011..We provided national prevalence estimates for selected health-risk behaviors for Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students separately, and compared those prevalence estimates with those of white, black, and Hispanic students...- Youth risk behavior surveillance--selected Steps communities, United States, 2007Shari Shanklin
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, MS K 33, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 57:1-27. 2008..These behaviors contribute to chronic disease and other health conditions, including asthma... - Trends in human immunodeficiency virus- and sexually transmitted disease-related risk behaviors among U.S. high school students, 1991-2009Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:427-33. 2011..Monitoring changes in behaviors over time can provide information about the effectiveness of new policies and programs... - Comparison of paper-and-pencil versus Web administration of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): risk behavior prevalence estimatesDanice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Eval Rev 34:137-53. 2010..Mode was associated with reporting of only 7 of the 74 risk behaviors. Results indicate prevalence estimates from paper-and-pencil and Web school-based surveys are generally equivalent... - Associations of dating violence victimization with lifetime participation, co-occurrence, and early initiation of risk behaviors among U.S. high school studentsDanice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Interpers Violence 22:585-602. 2007..These risk behavior patterns should serve as warning signs of elevated risk for dating violence victimization and may be helpful in identifying adolescents who could benefit from targeted, preventive interventions... - Computer availability and principals' perceptions of online surveys(*)Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 81:365-73. 2011..School-based risk behavior surveys traditionally have been administered via paper-and-pencil. This study assessed the feasibility of conducting in-class online surveys in US high schools... - Associations between risk behaviors and suicidal ideation and suicide attempts: do racial/ethnic variations in associations account for increased risk of suicidal behaviors among Hispanic/Latina 9th- to 12th-grade female students?Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Arch Suicide Res 15:113-26. 2011..Other factors, such as family characteristics, acculturation, and the socio-cultural environment, should be examined in future research... - Youth risk behavior surveillance--United States, 2007Danice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 57:1-131. 2008.... - Youth risk behavior surveillance--selected steps communities, 2005Nancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 56:1-16. 2007..These behaviors often are established during childhood and adolescence, extend into adulthood, are interrelated, and are preventable... - Overview and summary: School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006Laura Kann
Surveillance and Evaluation Research Branch, Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 77:385-97. 2007..The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2006 is the largest, most comprehensive assessment of school health programs in the United States ever conducted... - Associations of body mass index and perceived weight with suicide ideation and suicide attempts among US high school studentsDanice K Eaton
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:513-9. 2005..Previous research with adolescents has shown associations of body weight and perceptions of body size with suicide ideation and suicide attempts, but it is unclear whether these associations are direct or whether a mediating effect exists... - Health services: results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006Nancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 77:464-85. 2007..This article describes the characteristics of school health services in the United States, including state- and district-level policies and school practices... - The association between weight perception and BMI among high school studentsNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Obes Res 12:1866-74. 2004..To assess the association between weight perception and BMI among a large, diverse sample of adolescents. This study used both measured and self-reported height and weight to calculate BMI... - Establishing a baseline measure of school wellness-related policies implemented in a nationally representative sample of school districtsNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:894-901. 2011..By applying a coding system for district policies to an existing dataset, this study used a novel approach to determine areas of strength and weakness in the implementation of local school wellness-related policies in 2006... - Passive versus active parental permission in school-based survey research: does the type of permission affect prevalence estimates of risk behaviors?Danice K Eaton
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Eval Rev 28:564-77. 2004..As long as high response rates are obtained, type of parental permission does not affect prevalence estimates for risk behaviors that are based on self-report... - Variation in school health policies and programs by demographic characteristics of US schools, 2006Alexandra B Balaji
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E 46, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Sch Health 80:599-613. 2010..This study updates a similar study conducted with SHPPS 2000 data and assesses several additional policies and programs measured for the first time in SHPPS 2006... - The association between self-reported lifetime history of forced sexual intercourse and recent health-risk behaviors: findings from the 2003 National Youth Risk Behavior SurveyKathleen C Basile
Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:752.e1-7. 2006..To expand the understanding of the association between recent health-risk behaviors and a history of forced sexual intercourse, using a nationally representative sample of female and male high school students... - Variation in school health policies and programs by demographic characteristics of US schoolsNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 73:143-9. 2003..No one type of school, however, was more likely than another type to have all key aspects of a school health program in place. Regardless of school characteristics, all schools are capable of implementing quality school health programs... - Prevalence of school policies, programs, and facilities that promote a healthy physical school environmentSherry Everett Jones
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mail Stop K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1570-5. 2003..We examined the extent to which schools in the United States have health-promoting policies, programs, and facilities... - Mental health and social services: results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006Nancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 77:486-99. 2007..This article describes the characteristics of school mental health and social services in the United States, including state- and district-level policies and school practices... - The relationship between school health councils and school health policies and programs in US schoolsNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS K 33, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 74:130-5. 2004..Although school health councils are associated with the presence of some key school health policies and programs, a council does not guarantee a school will have all important school health policies and programs in place... - Methodology of the youth risk behavior surveillance systemNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 53:1-13. 2004..YRBSS is evolving to meet the needs of CDC and other users of the data... - Assessing health risk behaviors among adolescents: the effect of question wording and appeals for honestyNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:91-100. 2004.... - High school student responses to different question formats assessing race/ethnicityDanice K Eaton
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Adolesc Health 41:488-94. 2007..The 2005 Chicago YRBS included the single-question and two-question formats, providing an opportunity to identify how the change affects reporting of race/ethnicity... - Assessment of factors affecting the validity of self-reported health-risk behavior among adolescents: evidence from the scientific literatureNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 33:436-57. 2003..Researchers should familiarize themselves with the threats to validity inherent in this type of assessment and design research that minimizes these threats as much as possible... - An assessment of the effect of data collection setting on the prevalence of health risk behaviors among adolescentsLaura Kann
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 31:327-35. 2002..To examine the effect of data collection setting on the prevalence of priority health risk behaviors among adolescents... - Applying the School Health Index to a nationally representative sample of schoolsNancy D Brener
Surveillance Research Team
J Sch Health 76:57-66. 2006..Although schools nationwide are meeting a few SHI items in each of these areas, few schools are addressing the entire breadth of items. A more coordinated approach to school health would help schools reinforce health messages... - Associations between health risk behaviors and opposite-, same-, and both-sex sexual partners in representative samples of vermont and massachusetts high school studentsLeah Robin
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:349-55. 2002..To examine associations between health risk behaviors and sexual experience with opposite-, same-, or both-sex partners in representative samples of high school students... - Reliability of the 1999 youth risk behavior survey questionnaireNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 31:336-42. 2002..To assess the test-retest reliability of the 1999 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) questionnaire... - Effect of the incident at Columbine on students' violence- and suicide-related behaviorsNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 22:146-50. 2002..This study examined the impact that the violent incident at Columbine High School may have had on reports of behaviors related to violence and suicide among U.S. high school students... - The relationship between qualified personnel and self-reported implementation of recommended physical education practices and programs in U.S. schoolsKristen S Davis
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 76:202-11. 2005..Using a district physical education coordinator and teachers with appropriate qualifications as well as offering staff development opportunities on physical education may enhance school physical education programs... - Reliability and validity of the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000 questionnairesNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS K 33, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Sch Health 73:29-37. 2003..CDC will use these results to revise the SHPPS 2000 questionnaires and will consider alternative methods of data collection to improve the quality of data collected in future versions of SHPPS... - Reliability and validity of self-reported height and weight among high school studentsNancy D Brener
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Adolesc Health 32:281-7. 2003..To assess the reliability and validity of self-reported height and weight, and variables calculated from these values, in a diverse sample of adolescents... - Sexual activity and substance use among adolescents by category of physical activity plus team sports participationKimary Kulig
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:905-12. 2003..To determine whether being both vigorously active and a team sports participant or being vigorously physically active but not a team member is associated with substance use and sexual risk behaviors...