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How to Modify the Community/School Health Check-up Template
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Replace all references to “Anytown” with your
community/school’s name and modify the year as needed
The template is designed to present highlights from one
year of PAYS risk/protective factor scale data – the first
step is to decide which data you want to highlight (see
Section 5: Risk and Protective Factors)
After selecting which scales to highlight, you can modify
the text and numbers in the below two slides accordingly
Modify text: The text for the scale descriptions in the two
slides below is taken directly from the text in your local
PAYS report – feel free to shorten text as needed to fit in
the boxes or modify the text boxes by clicking on them and
dragging them to fit your text
Modify numbers:
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See Section 5 (graphs 3 and 4) in your local report for the
risk/protective factor averages for your chosen scales –
modify the numbers above the white arrows accordingly
See Section 5 (table 49 and 50) in your local report for the
state risk/protective factor averages for your chosen scales –
use the overall averages in the far right column to modify the
numbers below the black arrows accordingly. Please note that
currently, all of the scores are the same across factors, but
this dummy data only for demonstration purposes. Your local
scores will likely be different across factors.
Click on the score/arrow (they are grouped as one object) and
adjust the placement of the white and black arrows according
to the key at the top of the page based on each individual
scale score – e.g., a score of 75 on the Protection Scale should
be located near where the yellow and green colors meet on
the right side of the arrow
Anytown Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAYS)
Community Health Check-up – PROTECTION
2011 Edition
It PAYS to ASK, it PAYS BACK.
The PAYS is PA’s premier survey tool. This Check-up represents a snap-
Anytown Average.
Pennsylvania Average
PROTECTION SCALES
A score of 50 is average. Higher scores are better.
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shot of the health of Anytown’s 6th, 8th, and 10th graders in 2011.
Unhealthy
Healthy
Community Protection
Community Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement: When
young people become involved in their communities by
participating in activities and organizations that foster healthy
development, they are more likely to form connections with
prosocial peers.
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Community Rewards for Prosocial Involvement: Young people
experience bonding as feeling values and being seen as an asset.
Students who feel recognized and rewarded by their community
are less likely to engage in negative behaviors.
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School Protection
School Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement: Giving students
opportunities to participate in important activities at school
helps create a feeling of personal investment in their school. This
results in greater bonding and adoption of school’s standards of
behavior and less problem behavior.
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School Rewards for Prosocial Involvement: Making students feel
appreciated and rewarded for their involvement at school
further strengthens school bonding, and helps reduce the
likelihood of their involvement in drug use and other problem
behaviors
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Family Protection
Family Attachment: If children are attached to their parents and
want to please them, they will be less likely to threaten that
connection by doing things that their parents
strongly disapprove of.
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Family Rewards for Prosocial Involvement: When family
members reward their children for positive participation in
activities, it further strengthens the bonds the children feel to
their families, and helps promote clear standards for behavior.
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Anytown Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAYS)
Community Health Check-up – RISK
2011 Edition
It PAYS to ASK, it PAYS BACK.
The PAYS is PA’s premier survey tool. This Check-up represents a snap-
Anytown Average.
Pennsylvania Average
RISK SCALES
A score of 50 is average. Lower scores are better.
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40 50 60
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shot of the health of Anytown’s 6th, 8th, and 10th graders in 2011.
Healthy
Unhealthy
Community & School Risk
Laws & Norms Favorable to Drug Use: Students’ perceptions of
the rules and regulations concerning alcohol, tobacco and other
drug use that exist in their neighborhoods are also associated
with problem behaviors in adolescence.
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Lack of School Commitment: Lack of commitment to school
means the child has ceased to see the role of student as a
positive one. Young people who have lost this commitment to
school are at higher risk for a variety of problem behaviors.
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Family Risk
Family Conflict: Bonding between family members, especially
between children and their parents or guardians, is a key
component in the development of positive social norms. High
levels of family conflict interfere with the development of these
bonds, and increase the likelihood that young people will engage
in illegal drug use and other forms of delinquent behavior.
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Poor Family Management: Children who experience poor family
supervision and poor family discipline are at higher risk of
developing problems with drug use, delinquency, violence and
school dropout.
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Individual & Peer Risk
Early Initiation of Drug Use: If children are attached to their
parents and want to please them, they will be less likely to
threaten that connection by doing things that their parents
strongly disapprove of.
Peer Rewards for Antisocial Behavior: Students’ perceptions of
their peer groups’ social norms are an important predictor of
involvement in problem behavior. When young people believe
that their peer groups are involved in antisocial behaviors, they
are more likely to become involved themselves.
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