MANITOBA YOUTH HEALTH SURVEY. CPHA Annual Conference

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1 MANITOBA YOUTH HEALTH SURVEY Presented to: CPHA Annual Conference June 8,2009 Tannis Erickson Interlake RHA

2 Regionalization and RHA legislation Interlake Health Promotion Committee decided to collect local data First Youth Health Survey Reports School & Community workshops Other RHAs also did youth health surveys

3 Partners came together to develop an integrated knowledge system to inform local planning based on evidence. Common mandate for prevention of chronic diseases: IRHA, CCS, CCMB, H&SF, Alliance Partners in Planning for Healthy Living SNOWMAN conceptual framework

4 Regional Risk Factor Surveillance in Manitoba Surveillance Evaluation PRACTICE -BASED EVIDENCE Knowledge Reporting Exchange Program Development EVIDENCE -BASED PRACTICE Best Practice Identification And Dissemination

5 The goal is to develop an integrated system of ongoing risk factor surveillance in MB at the community level: Produce practice-based learning Consistent and sustainable across province Based on evidence (preferably local) Builds capacity to plan at all levels (community, school, region, province) Allows us to learn as we go

6 Census of grades 6 to 12 in most schools 4 pages, 51 questions Multiple choice, machine scannable minutes to complete (short) Includes questions on tobacco, nutrition, physical activity, selfesteem and school connectedness

7 Environmental scan & literature search of existing risk factor surveillance surveys, sampling methods & validation techniques Consultation with other interested parties in development of survey core content Youth Focus Groups & consultations to ensure survey results are meaningful & useful

8 Census chosen to provide local-level data for local planning Avoids study design & weighting issues Straight-forward & easy to manage Economies of scale (printing surveys, report production)

9 Surveys started in fall of 2005 in IRHA Other RHAs conducted in spring 2008 Facilitated by the RHAs with the support of MECY and HCM CCMB provides statistical/analytic expertise & HSFM provides grants to support data collection IRHA resurvey spring 2009

10 School division approvals sought to conduct survey Pilot testing survey Consult with school divisions in planning for implementation of the Youth Health Survey

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12 Your closest friends are the friends you like to spend the most time with. Q. How many of your 5 closest friends are physically active? -None

13 Q. In the past week how often did you eat: - 100% fruit juice Fruit Green salad Potatoes Carrots Other vegetables

14 Q. How do you usually get your cigarettes? -I buy them - Someone buys them for me - I get them from friends - I get them from home

15 Report includes prevalence data on tobacco, physical activity and nutrition, as well as health promotion messaging, resources and comparisons to national/ provincial statistics Reports are individual to each school but can also be generated at the regional and school divisional levels and a provincial roll-up.

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17 Now faced with the challenge of transforming data into information and shared social knowledge Multi-faceted, multi-level approaches Settings, priority populations, intervention approaches, purposes Regular educational sessions for those who interpret/use data

18 Planning for healthy living programs Evaluating existing programs/policies By organizations such as schools, school boards, RHAs, MECY, HCM, Healthy Communities, NGOs, other partners

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20 All RHAs & schools/school divisions should be congratulated for facilitating the youth health survey This level of risk factor reporting has not been done in this way anywhere else

21 The goal is to develop a system of ongoing risk factor surveillance in Manitoba at the community level.