{"id":5407,"date":"2020-08-18T09:40:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/?p=5407"},"modified":"2023-04-30T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T18:40:28","slug":"youth-risk-behavior-survey-selected-results-from-the-school-district-of-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/2020\/08\/18\/youth-risk-behavior-survey-selected-results-from-the-school-district-of-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Selected Results from the School District of Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Risk behaviors such as skipping breakfast, not getting enough exercise, early sexual initiation, violence, and substance use are consistently linked to poor grades, low test scores, and less educational attainment. In turn, academic success is an excellent indicator for the overall well-being of youth and a primary predictor of adult health outcomes. Schools play an essential role in promoting health and safety and helping young people establish lifelong healthy behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) was developed by the Division of Adolescent and School Health, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u00a0(CDC).\u00a0The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) administered the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)\u00a0to 1,217 high school students at 25 randomly selected District schools in the spring of 2019.\u00a0The overall response rate was 70%. This report uses YRBS data from 2009\u00a0through 2019 to show changes in risk behaviors reported by high school students. It provides\u00a0a general overview of these behaviors, then presents related findings in six sections: mental\u00a0health, safety and violence, substance use, sexual health, nutrition and physical activity, and\u00a0physical health. This report also explores how certain students may be more at risk based on\u00a0their race\/ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>Use the button to view the report.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_btn title=&#8221;CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REPORT&#8221; style=&#8221;gradient-custom&#8221; gradient_custom_color_1=&#8221;#0b315b&#8221; gradient_custom_color_2=&#8221;#398635&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.philasd.org%2Fresearch%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F90%2F2020%2F08%2FYRBS_Report_August_2020.pdf|||&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;][vc_column_text]For more information, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/yrbs\/\">YRBS home page<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report uses YRBS data from 2009\u00a0through 2019 to show changes in risk behaviors reported by high school students. It provides\u00a0a general overview of these behaviors, then presents related findings in six sections: mental\u00a0health, safety and violence, substance use, sexual health, nutrition and physical activity, and\u00a0physical health. This report also explores how certain students may be more at risk based on\u00a0their race\/ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21878,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,138,288,381],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-5407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-nutrition","category-school-climate","category-surveys","category-youth-risk-behavior-survey-yrbs","tag-9-12"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5407"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15138,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407\/revisions\/15138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}