Warren-Alvarado-Oslo School District: Student Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Survey

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Warren-Alvarado-Oslo School District Student
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Survey

• Prepared by Garth Kruger, Ph.D.
• EvaluationGroup, LLC

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Introduction

• EvaluationGroup,LLC
• Garth Kruger Ph.D.
• Dmitri Poltavski, Ph.D.
• Jacque Gray, Ph.D.
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• PROGRAM EVALUATION DESIGN
• WRITING LOGIC MODELS
• NEEDS ASSESSMENTS
• SURVEY CONSTRUCTION
• DATA ANALYSIS
• WEB PAGE DESIGN

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Purpose of Presentation

• To review student behavioral risk indicators
• To examine impacts of the Drug-Free Communities
  Support Program

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Overview

• WAO Student Survey
• Primarily derived from the Minnesota Student
  Survey
• Addition of questions from other surveys
• Modified to be shorter and quicker
• Tailored to grant measurement needs

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Overview

• Grant is measuring
• Past 30 days of use
• alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana (chewing tobacco
  added)
• Perception of risk involved with use
• Perception of parental disapproval of use
• Average age of onset of first use for tobacco,
  alcohol, and marijuana (not examining today)

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Small Sample Sizes 101
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Honesty
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Results

• Past 30 days of use for alcohol, cigarettes,
  marijuana and chewing tobacco

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Alcohol use past 30 days -student body

• During the last 30 days, how many times (if any)
  have you had alcoholic beverages (beer, wine,
  wine coolers, liquor) to drink?

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Alcohol use past 30 days -12th grade
State Ave64 MNSS 2007
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Alcohol Use-12th grade-5 year trend
2010 is alcohol use past 30 days, previous dates
are use at any point during the past year.
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Percentages of Students Not Using Alcohol by
Grade (n213)
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Where are kids getting alcohol (n121)
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Adult Behaviors
In raw numbers, 133 students knew one or more
adults
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Adult Behaviors
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Marijuana Use past 30 days student body
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Percentages of Students Not Using Marijuana by
Grade (n213)
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Marijuana Use past 30 days -12 grade
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Marijuana use -12th grade
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Smokeless Tobacco Use-past 30 days student body
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Smokeless tobacco use-past 30 days 12th graders

How frequently have you used smokeless tobacco
during the past 30 days?
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Smokeless tobacco use-past 30 days 12th graders
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Percentages of Students Never Having Used
Smokeless Tobacco by Grade (n213)
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Tobacco use-past 30 days (cigarettes) student
body
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Tobacco use-past 30 days (cigarettes) 12th
graders
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Tobacco use-past 30 days (cigarettes) 12th
graders
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Percentages of Students Not Using Cigarettes by
Grade (n213)
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Where are kids getting tobacco? (n66)
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Risky Behaviors
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Risky Behaviors
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Results

• Perception of risk involved with use for
  cigarettes, marijuana and alcohol

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Perceptions of Risk
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Perceptions of Risk
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Perceptions of Risk
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Results

• Perception of parental disapproval of cigarette,
  marijuana and alcohol use.

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Perceptions of Risk
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Perceptions of Risk
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Perceptions of Risk
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Take Away Messages

• 50 of 12th graders reported using alcohol within
  the past 30 days of the survey
• Chewing tobacco use rates are high, especially
  for older students.
• Cigarette use by 12th graders was low at 8.5
  (state average25.6)

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