This Year 1 project funding (the School-Based Surveillance Component 3 of the CDC-RFA-DP-24-0139 Notice of Funding
Opportunity) supports the Youth Risk Behavior (YRBS) of public high school students to determine prevalence of risk factors for key
health issues affecting adolescents, and the School Health Profiles (Profiles) study of school principals and health education
teachers to determine health related policies and practices. These surveys are conducted in alternate years, with the YRBS in oddnumbered
years. This first year grant budget period is scheduled for 8/1/24 - 7/31/25. This grant budget period is scheduled to
consist of possible receipt, dissemination, and analyses of 2024 Profiles survey data that was collected Spring 2024. This grant
period will also include preparation and survey administration activities associated with conducting a Spring 2025 YRBS. The 2023
YRBS was conducted during the spring 2023, so efforts to disseminate and analyze this data will continue. Both of the surveys are
administered by the Delaware of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health, through it's Office of Survey and Health Risk
Assessment (SHRA) Unit, which is also responsible for the administration of the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS), which
collects risk behavior data on Delaware adults. The Division contracts and partners with the University of Delaware Center for Drug
and Health Studies (UD-CDHS) to conduct the YRBS and Profiles surveys, as well as to submit raw datasets to CDC for processing.
UD-CDHS also provides additional analyses and widespread dissemination of the data. Data are used by the Division of Public
Health and many state agencies, including the Department of Education, the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their
Families, and the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health. There are many other public, non-profit and health agencies that
also use the data to plan, implement and evaluate health programs for Delaware students and their families. The data are also used
in public education of policy makers, teachers, health professionals, parents and other groups.
