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Local
Data Important in Public Health
The first Pride Survey was introduced in 1982 as a means of measuring
alcohol, tobacco and other drug problems at the school building level.
In the intervening 24 years, Pride Surveys has consistently argued the
need for sub-county level data, not only in large urban counties, but
also in smaller counties where only a few schools might exist.
Thus, Pride Surveys
has conducted more than 32,000 school building level surveys. That experience
has shown that indicators can vary widely from one school to the next
even within a smaller county.
A
recent study in the American Journal of Public Health shows that
local-level data can reveal important information that is often not covered
in existing city-and/or regional-level data, according to CADCA’s
National Coalition Institute. AJPH
Abstract
CADCA’s Dec.
1, 2006, issue of Research
into Action states: “Taking information from national data
sources and localizing it is not enough! Local data shows your coalition
which areas and populations are at greatest risk and where your coalitions
work would be most valuable.”
Local data can be
gathered from school surveys, like those offered by Pride Surveys, and
from other sources.
Pollard
Joins Pride Surveys Team
Jack J. Pollard, Ph.D., has joined Pride Surveys as Senior Research Analyst.
Jack's research experience centers on the evaluation of school-based substance
prevention programs, juvenile delinquency, and the impact of research
methodology and measurement strategies in program evaluation, program
management and policy making. He worked as a senior analyst at the University
of Washington Social Development Research Group where he played a primary
role in the development of the research survey instruments leading the
Communities That Care Youth Survey. Pollard guided the development of
the Pride Surveys Risk
and Protective Factor Survey, a blend of the original Pride Survey
for Grades 6-12 and the CTC Youth Survey.
Customer
Comment
“Low cost, fast turn around time and an extremely useful report…what
more can a prevention coalition ask of a survey? The Pride Surveys Risk
and Protective Factor Survey has provided us a ‘road map’
and given our rural community the data that has helped us identify our
needs and priorities, as well as assist us in tracking our progress.”
Chris
Henderson
Chair, Enough Is Enough, Bear Lake Communities That Care Coalition
Montpelier, Idaho, City Council Member
How do
you use your Pride Survey? Let
us know.
Stay
Abreast of Prevention News
Pride Surveys tries
to keep you informed of news that can affect your prevention programs.
There are other excellent sources of information that we recommend as
well. Here are just a few:
Office
of Safe and Drug Free Schools Prevention News Bulletin
Office
of National Drug Control Policy Community Prevention Listserv
Community
Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Coalitions Online
Join
Together
University
of Maryland Center for Substance Abuse Research
U.
S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
NCADI
Update Listserve
The
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
If you would like
us to mention your listserve in an upcoming edition of the Pride Surveys
newsletter, please drop us
a line.
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