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East Kootenay
Results of the
2013 BC Adolescent
Health Survey
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2013 BC Adolescent Health Survey:
East Kootenay Results
▪ Background
▪ Positive findings and trends
▪ Areas of concern
▪ Protective factors
▪ Using the data
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East Kootenay
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 East Kootenay
▪ 71% of students reported European heritage
▪ 8% of students born outside of Canada
▪ Females less likely to identify as straight
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Home life
▪ 94% of students lived with at least one parent
▪ 3% had lived in foster care
▪ 11% of males and 18% of females ran away
from home in the past year
▪ 23% moved from one home to another
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Young carers
Who youth took care of on an average school day
Males
Females
67%
73%
22%
15%
A relative
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Pets or animals
Health conditions and disabilities
▪ 28% had at least one health condition or
disability
▪ Females were more than 3 times as likely as
males to report a mental or emotional health
condition
▪ For many the condition was debilitating
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Working
80%
Students who worked at a paid job during the school
year
56%
37%
40%
60%
43%
20%
0%
13 years old
or younger
14
15
Note: Not all differences were statistically significant.
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16
17 years or
older
Technology
▪ 92% of students had a cellphone
▪ Students with a cellphone:
– More likely to feel safe at school
– More likely to play informal sports on a weekly basis
▪ Students without a cellphone:
– Less likely to have attempted suicide in past year
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Positive Findings and
Trends
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Overall health ratings
51%
37%
12%
1%
Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Note: Percentages do not equal 100% due to rounding.
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Most youth had
seen a dentist in
the past year
9% of students
missed out on
needed medical
care
Decrease in serious injuries
▪ A third of students were seriously injured in the
past year
▪ This was a decrease from 43% in 2003 and
38% in 2008
▪ 50% of injuries occurred during sports or
recreational activities
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Injury prevention improvements
Always wore a seatbelt
90%
61%
60%
68%
47%
30%
0%
2003
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2008
2013
Nutrition
▪ Most youth ate fruit and vegetables
▪ Compared to the province, local youth were
more likely to have coffee, food grown or caught
by them or their family, and energy drinks
▪ 92% 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
90%
77%
67%
Never ate breakfast Sometimes ate breakfast Always ate breakfast
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Sexual behaviour
29% had ever had sex
Among those:
 The most common age for first having sex was
15 years old
 Fewer females used drugs or alcohol last time
they had sex
 4% reported pregnancy involvement
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Fewer youth tried tobacco
29% had ever tried smoking
Among those:
▪ Youth waited longer to first try tobacco
▪ Females more likely to use cigarettes, males to use
chewing tobacco
▪ 58% were recent smokers
Fewer youth exposed to second-hand smoke daily
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Fewer youth tried alcohol
59% had ever tried alcohol
Among those:
▪ Youth waited longer to try alcohol
▪ Fewer reported having five or more drinks in a
few hours at least once in the past month
26% of youth drank last Saturday
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Fewer youth tried marijuana
31% had ever tried marijuana
Among those:
▪ 67% first used marijuana before age 15
▪ 59% had used it in the past month
▪ 32% used marijuana and alcohol last
Saturday
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Decreases in substance use
Youth who had ever tried different substances
Alcohol
80%
71%
Marijuana
Tobacco
69%
59%
50%
40%
49%
40%
31%
38%
29%
0%
2003
2008
2013
Note: The difference between 2003 and 2008 in youth who had tried alcohol was not statistically significant.
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Using other substances
2013
Prescription pills without a doctor’s
consent
11%
Mushrooms
10%
Hallucinogens
7%
Ecstasy
6%
Cocaine
4%
Inhalants
4%
Amphetamines
2%
Crystal meth
2%
Steroids without a doctor’s consent
1%
Heroin
1%
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Change since
2008
School safety increased
Locations where students always or usually felt safe
2008
94%
80%
92%
91%
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89%
88%
78%
66%
Library
2013
Classroom
Cafeteria
59%
Hallways
51%
Outside on
school property
88%
60%
Washrooms
Friends with pro-social attitudes
Students whose friends would be upset with them if they...
2008
2013
Change from2008
84%
87%
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NA
83%
72%
81%
Got arrested
61%
74%
Beat someone up
42%
63%
Used marijuana
51%
54%
Got drunk
27%
34%
Dropped out of school
Were involved in gang
activity
Got pregnant or got
someone pregnant
Note: NA means that the question was not asked.
-- The percentages in 2008 and 2013 were comparable.
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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
74%
Dizziness or balance problems
65%
Dazed, confused or suffered a gap in
memory
Blurred vision
44%
Ringing in the ears
43%
Lost consciousness
Note: Youth could choose more than one response.
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47%
29%
Overweight and obesity rates
▪ 75% were a healthy weight for their age and
gender
▪ Males were more likely than females to be
obese
▪ Students more likely to be underweight than a
decade ago
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Body image
Body image
Males
Females
77%
68%
27%
11%
5%
Underweight
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12%
About the right weight
Overweight
Ratings of mental health
Mental health and overall health ratings
Mental health
Overall health
82%
18%
13%
Poor or Fair
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87%
Good or Excellent
Other mental health concerns
Students who experienced extreme
stress in the past month
Males
11%
Most commonly reported conditions
Males
Females
Females
7%
Depression
7%
15%
Anxiety Disorder/
Panic Attacks
3%
13%
Extreme stress
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Foregone mental health care
▪ 11% did not access needed mental health
services
▪ Most common reasons:
– Thinking or hoping problem would go away
– Not wanting parents to know
▪ Females less likely to miss out on needed
mental health service than 5 years ago
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Suicide
Males
Females
▪ 11% considered
suicide
▪ 19% considered
suicide
▪ 5% attempted
suicide
▪ 10% attempted
suicide
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Youth who attempted suicide in the past year
in relation to suicide attempts by family or close friends
50%
Attempted suicide
40%
25%
11%
2%
0%
Neither family nor friend
attempted suicide
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Family or friend
attempted suicide
Both family and friend
attempted suicide
Getting enough sleep
Hours slept last night
31%
22%
19%
10%
6%
6%
4 hours or
less
5
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6%
6
7
8
9
10 hours
or more
Good/excellent mental health in relation to hours slept last night
95%
Good/excellent mental health
100%
84%
86%
7
8
74%
55%*
58%*
50%
0%
4 hours or
less
5
6
9 hours or
more
Note: Not all differences were statistically significant.
* The percentage should be interpreted with caution as the standard error was higher than expected but still
within a releasable range.
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Bullying
▪ 39% of students experienced teasing
▪ 39% were socially excluded
▪ 9% were physically attacked or assaulted
▪ 16% were cyberbullied in past year
– Fewer males were cyberbullied than in 2008
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Percentage of youth who bullied others
Perpetrators of bullying
Youth who were perpetrators of bullying in relation to the
number of different types of bullying they experienced in past
year (teased, excluded, assaulted)
58%*
42%
28%
9%
Victim of 0 types of Victim of 1 type of Victim of 2 types of Victim of 3 types of
bullying
bullying
bullying
bullying
* The percentage should be interpreted with caution as the standard error was relatively high but still within a releasable range.
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Discrimination & violence
▪ Females more likely to be discriminated
against because of:
– physical appearance,
– being seen as different,
– age
– gender or sex
▪ Rate of dating violence did not improve
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Abuse & harassment
Students who were ever abused
Males
Females
19%
19%
8%
4%
Physically abused
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Sexually abused
Exercise participation
▪ 19% of students aged 12-17 met their daily
activity guidelines
▪ Most students aged 18 or older reached their
daily activity guidelines
▪ Local students less likely to take part in weekly
informal sports than 2003
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Barriers to participation
Barrier
Males Females
Too busy
35%
48%
Activity wasn’t available in community
18%
24%
Couldn’t get there or home
10%
16%
Couldn’t afford to participate
11%
20%
Worried about being bullied
3%
7%
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Protective Factors
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Established Protective Factors
• School connectedness
• Positive family relationships
• Supportive 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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East Kootenay
Results of the
2013 BC Adolescent
Health Survey
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