Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Update ► Data & Statistics | Adolescent and School Health | CDC

Data & Statistics | Adolescent and School Health | CDC



Surveillance is the ongoing collection, analysis, and interpretation of data from generalizable samples. CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) collects data on youth and school health policies and practices. For a printable overview of DASH's surveillance activities, download the Summary of DASH Surveillance Activities[PDF - 5 MB] .

CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health is excited to announce that the Healthy Youth website has a new look! The new Healthy Youth website is in a responsive web design, which means that the content can be easily accessed via multiple devices, including smart phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers.

In addition, all of DASH's U.S. and territorial school-based surveillance information (School Health Profiles, SHPPS and YRBSS) are now all accessible directly fromhttp://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/.

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

  The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors, plus obesity and asthma, among adolescents at the national, state, territorial, tribal, and local levels.

Use Youth Online to search and analyze national, state, and local YRBSS data.

The National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study is a school-based study conducted in 2010 to provide nationally representative data on behaviors and behavioral determinants related to nutrition and physical activity among high school students.

School Health Policies and Practices Study

  The School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) is a national survey periodically conducted by CDC to assess school health policies and practices at the state, district, school, and classroom levels.

School Health Profiles

  School Health Profiles (Profiles) monitors school health policies and practices in states, large urban school districts, territories, and tribal governments. Profiles surveys are conducted biennially by education and health agencies among middle and high school principals and lead health education teachers.

Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

  The Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) is a school-based survey conducted primarily among students aged 13–15 years in countries around the world.

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