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Oregon Health Authority

Over the past 20 years, research has identified an increasing number of effective approaches to preventing these problems. These include programs and policies that support families, school practices, media interventions, and neighborhood and community-wide efforts. Accurate estimates of the extent of youth problems are essential for knowing which schools and communities need which programs and whether the programs, when implemented, are working. Oregon Healthy Teens monitors the factors that influence successful development. Research has shown that risk factors and assets that affect young people include family, school, neighborhood, and community characteristics. By measuring these influences as well as youth behavior, the OHT survey provides information to help schools and communities focus on the things that are most important to ensure successful youth development. As we develop a system for monitoring youth well-being, we will become better and better able to ensure that the largest possible proportion of young people achieve its full potential.

Adolescent Behavior; Cohort Studies; Data Collection; Educational Status; Oregon; Reproducibility of Results; Risk-Taking; Self Disclosure

Oregon Healthy Teens (OHT) is Oregon's effort to monitor the health and well-being of adolescents. An anonymous and voluntary research-based survey, OHT is conducted among 8th and 11th graders statewide. The OHT survey incorporates two youth surveys that preceded it, the YRBS and the Student Drug Use Survey.

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Tobacco, alcohol and other drug use; Access to tobacco and alcohol; Personal safety behaviors and perceptions; Violence-related behaviors; Diet and exercise; Extracurricular activities; Sexual activity and HIV/AIDS knowledge; Health conditions and access to care; Individual, peer, community and family influences on risk behaviors

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