Community Coalition for Teens
Teen Health Survey
A graph from the latest survey report.
Project Overview
A graph from the latest survey report.
Since 2003, CCT has worked with school districts in Franklin County and the North Quabbin to conduct the annual Teen Health Survey of students in grades 8, 10 and 12. The survey examines substance abuse rates, and assesses "risk factors" that increase the likelihood of problem behaviors and "protective factors" that help keep our youth safe. Topics covered in recent surveys include mental health, violence in the community, attitudes about peer risk taking, dating and sexuality, exercise and nutrition, and decision-making. Using the results of the survey, we are better able to design programs, secure funding, and educate parents, students and the community. All nine public school districts in Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region administer the Teen Health Survey annually to all 8th, 10th and 12th grade students. These include Frontier, Gill-Montague, Greenfield, Mohawk Trail, Pioneer Valley, Ralph C. Mahar, Athol-Royalston, Franklin County Technical School, and Four Rivers Charter.
Current Activities
In 2010, participating school districts administered the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey. A summary of the results can be found in the 2010 Teen Health Survey Press Release
You can download a printable pdf file of the 2010 Regional Teen Health Survey Report and of the 2010 Survey Questionnaire. For questions regarding the survey data, please contact Jeanette Voas, Evaluation Coordinator, at 413-774-1194 x 119.
Future Plans
CCT works closely with the schools as to how the information is used and disseminated, as well as helps to design and implement programming in keeping with the survey results, as requested. Plans are now being made, in collaboration with the Regional School Health Task Force, to administer a custom survey in February 2011, composed of questions from established national and state surveys as well as questions that reflect information needs specific to the Franklin County and North Quabbin school districts.
This page was last updated on 9/30/10 .