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North Shore/
Coast Garibaldi
Results of the
2013 BC Adolescent
Health Survey
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2013 BC Adolescent Health Survey:
North Shore/Coast Garibaldi
Results
▪ Background
▪ Positive findings and trends
▪ Areas of concern
▪ Protective factors
▪ Using the data
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North Shore/Coast Garibaldi
Administration
2013 BC Adolescent Health Survey
▪ 29,832 surveys completed
▪ 1,645 classrooms
▪ 56 school districts
▪ 325 PHNs and nursing students
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Youth in North Shore/Coast
Garibaldi
▪ 64% of students reported European heritage
▪ 23% of students born outside of Canada
▪ Less likely to identify as straight
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Home life
▪ 95% of students lived with at least one parent
▪ 1% currently living in foster or group home
▪ 10% of females and 8% of males ran way
▪ 22% moved from one home to another in the
past year
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Young carers
Who youth took care of on an average school day
Males
Females
56%
50%
14%
18%
A relative
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Pets or animals
Health conditions and disabilities
▪ 29% of females and 23% of males had at
least one health condition or disability
▪ Females were almost 3 x as likely as males to
report a mental or emotional health condition
▪ For many the condition was debilitating
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Working
60%
Students who worked at a paid job during the school year
48%
41%
33%
30%
0%
2003
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2008
2013
Technology
▪ 91% of males and 95% of females had a
cellphone
▪ Students without a cellphone:
– More likely to feel teachers care
▪ Cellphone use was linked to:
– Having an adult outside family to talk to
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Positive Findings and
Trends
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Overall health ratings
48%
40%
9% of students
missed out on
needed medical
care
11%
1%
Poor
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Fair
Most youth had
seen a dentist in
the past year
Good
Excellent
Nutrition
▪ Most youth ate fruit and vegetables
▪ Compared to the province, local students more
likely to have fruit or vegetables
▪ 93% of youth never went to bed hungry
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More youth ate breakfast
Good/excellent mental health
Good or excellent mental health in relation to how often youth ate
breakfast on school days
89%
77%
63%
Never ate breakfast
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Sometimes ate breakfast
Always ate breakfast
Serious injuries decreased
▪ 36% of males and 28% of females were
seriously injured in the past year
▪ Rates of injuries decreased from 39% in 2008
▪ Most youth injured during recreational activities
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Risky sexual behaviour decreased
20% had ever had sex
Among those:
 30% used drugs or alcohol last time they had sex
 30% first had sex at age 14 or younger
 Fewer students reported pregnancy involvement
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Fewer youth tried tobacco
25% had ever tried smoking
Among those:
▪ 47% were 15 or older when they first tried
tobacco
▪ 49% were recent smokers
Local students less likely to be exposed to
second-hand smoke
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Fewer youth tried alcohol
52% had ever tried alcohol
Among those:
▪ Youth waited longer to try alcohol
▪ 50% reported having five or more drinks over
a short period of time at least once in the
past month
26% of local youth drank last Saturday
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Fewer youth tried marijuana
33% had ever tried marijuana
Among those:
▪ Youth waited longer to try marijuana
▪ 65% had used it in the past month
13% of local youth used last Saturday
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Decreases in substance use
80%
Youth who had ever tried different substances
Alcohol
64%
Marijuana
Tobacco
60%
52%
43%
40%
32%
33%
25%
25%
2008
2013
35%
0%
2003
Note: The differences between 2008 and 2013 in youth who had tried marijuana or
tobacco were not statistically significant.
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Use of other substances
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2013
Prescription pills without a doctor’s
consent
10%
Mushrooms
7%
Ecstasy
5%
Hallucinogens
5%
Cocaine
4%
Inhalants
2%
Amphetamines
2%
Ketamine, GHB
2%
Heroin
2%
Crystal meth
1%
Steroids without a doctor’s consent
1%
Change since
2008
NA
Injury prevention improvements
Always wore a seatbelt
90%
67%
60%
72%
56%
30%
0%
2003
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2013
School safety increased
Students who always or usually felt safe at school
2003
89%89%
97%
Library
85%87%
96%
Classroom
2008
93%
73%76%
Cafeteria
2013
93%
75%
70%
Hallways
92%
92%
71% 70%
Washrooms
63% 64%
Outside on
school property
Note: The difference between students in 2003 and 2008 who always or usually felt safe in the washrooms or
outside on school property was not statistically significant.
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Friends with pro-social attitudes
Students whose friends would be upset with them if they...
2008
2013
Change since 2008
86%
86%
--
NA
84%
73%
79%
Got arrested
63%
74%
Beat someone up
59%
71%
Used marijuana
54%
47%
Got drunk
29%
35%
Dropped out of school
Were involved in gang
activity
Got pregnant or got
someone pregnant
Note: NA means that the question was not asked.
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Areas of Concern
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Concussions
Concussion symptoms experienced
(among youth who had a concussion in the past year)
Headaches
72%
Dizziness or balance problems
60%
Blurred vision
Dazed, confused or suffered a gap in
memory
39%
Ringing in the ears
39%
Lost consciousness
Note: Youth could choose more than one response.
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42%
22%
Ratings of mental health
Mental health and overall health ratings
Mental health
Overall health
83%
18%
13%
Poor or Fair
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88%
Good or Excellent
Suicide
Males
Females
▪ 7% considered
suicide
▪ 14% considered
suicide
▪ 3% attempted
suicide
▪ 8% attempted
suicide
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Other mental health concerns
Most commonly
reported
conditions
Depression
Males
Females
Students who experienced extreme
stress and despair in the past month
Males
Females
14%
6%
12%
9%
Anxiety Disorder/
Panic Attacks
4%
13%
Attention Deficit/
Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
9%
6%
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7%
5%
Extreme stress
Extreme despair
Foregone mental health care
▪ 16% of females and 5% of males did not
access needed mental health services
▪ Most common reason was not wanting
parents to know
▪ Males less likely to miss out on needed
mental health service than 5 years ago
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Getting enough sleep
Hours slept last night
32%
24%
19%
11%
3%
4 hours or
less
7%
5%
5
6
7
Note : Percentages do not equal 100% due to rounding.
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8
9
10 hours or
more
Mental health and sleep
Good/excellent mental health in relation to hours slept last night
100%
Good/excellent mental health
82%
87%
89%
92%
9
10 hours
or more
72%
63%*
50%
39%*
0%
4 hours or
5
6
7
8
less
Note: Not all differences between hours slept were statistically significant.
* The percentage should be interpreted with caution as the standard error was relatively
high but still within a releasable range.
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Bullying
▪ Decrease in physical assault
▪ Decrease in cyberbullying among all youth
▪ Increase in teasing & exclusion among females
– 30% of males vs. 43% of females were teased in the
past year
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Perpetrators of bullying
Percentage of youth who bullied others
Youth who were perpetrators of bullying in relation to the number of
different types of bullying they experienced in past year
56%
(teased, excluded, assaulted)
40%
28%
10%
victim of 0 types of
bullying
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victim of 1 type of
bullying
victim of 2 types of
bullying
victim of 3 types of
bullying
Discrimination & violence
▪ Females more likely to be discriminated
against because of:
– physical appearance,
– age,
– gender
▪ Decrease in some types of discrimination
▪ Rate of dating violence did not improve
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Abuse & harassment
Students who were ever abused
Males
14%
Females
13%
11%
6%
4%
2%
Physically abused
Sexually abused
Both physically and sexually
abused
Note: the gender difference for physically abused was not statistically significant.
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Overweight and obesity rates
BMI weight category
Males
Females
83%
73%
18%
3%
3%
Underweight
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10%
Healthy weight
Overweight
6%
4%
Obese
Exercise participation
▪ 17% of students aged 12-17 met their daily
activity guidelines
▪ 61%* of students aged 18 or older reached their
daily activity guidelines
▪ Participation in informal sports, organized sports,
and dance or exercise classes decreased
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Barriers to participation
Barrier
Males
Females
Too busy
46%
54%
Activity wasn’t available in
community
Couldn’t afford to participate
13%
13%
12%
17%
Couldn’t get there or home
12%
16%
Worried about being bullied
4%
8%
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Transportation challenges
▪ 5% of youth had hitchhiked in the past month
▪ Being reliant on transit was linked to:
– missing out on extracurricular activities
– missing out on needed medical care
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Protective Factors
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Established Protective Factors
• School connectedness
• Positive family relationships
• Caring adults outside the family
• Someone to turn to for help
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Established Protective Factors
• Peer relationships
• Good nutrition
• Feeling engaged and valued
• Stable home
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Protective Factors - 2013
• Eight or more hours of sleep
• Neighbourhood safety
• Community connectedness
• Cultural connectedness
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Youth are generally making less risky choices about
their health
Mental health for females is among the areas of
concern, and where there have been fewer
improvements
Promoting protective factors have and can continue to
play a key role in improving outcomes for BC youth
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Using the data
56 school
district data
tables
16 HSDA reports
Sexual health
report
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Growing Up in
BC
Youth resources
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Next Steps
▪ Youth-led projects or initiatives
▪ [email protected]
In Our Shoes
▪ Bullying awareness video
▪ https://www.youtube.com/user/McCrearyCentre
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Grants up to $500 for youth-led projects
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Discussing the results
▪ Commentary on the AHS findings from:
– Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond,
Representative for Children and Youth
– Bob Lenarduzzi,
President, Vancouver Whitecaps
– And more!
▪ Video on McCreary’s YouTube channel
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North Shore/
Coast Garibaldi
Results of the
2013 BC Adolescent
Health Survey
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