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Prevention Needs Assessment   

Survey Introduction

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  • In the fall of 2008 students in grades 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th participated in the Prevention Needs Assessment Youth Survey in 6 school districts
  • nA total of 2400 youth participated
  • nPassive consent to participate
  • nTo date 7 communities in Livingston County have administered the PNA or CTC survey; 6 of those communities were part of the 2008 re-survey project and 3 more will be surveyed in the Fall of 2009.
  • nDesigned to identify the levels of risk and protective factors related to problem behaviors such as use of alcohol and drugs and participation in antisocial behaviors
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Administration

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  • All youth were ensured that the survey was voluntary and confidential
  • nThe survey was administered in a classroom at a designated period and the survey took one full classroom period to complete.
nSurvey Validation

nThere are five strategies used to assess the validity of the surveys. Below are the 5 reasons that a survey taker may be deemed dishonest thus making the survey invalid:

  • nthe students indicated that they were “Not Honest At All” in completing the survey (Last question)
  • nthe students indicated that they had used the non-existent drug phenoxydine
  • nthe students reported an impossibly high level of multiple drug use (over 120 times in the past month)
  • nthe students indicated past-month use rates that were higher than lifetime use rates;
  • nthe students reported an age that was inconsistent with their grade or their school
nSurveys meeting any of these criteria are not included in the final analyses. The usual percentages who are deemed dishonest in their responses is about 3%.

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