YRBS Fact Sheet for Schools for the National YRBS

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2025 and 2027 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Attachment P4
YRBS Fact Sheet for Schools

You’re Crucial to the
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Participating in the YRBS is easy and important: It helps schools
and communities improve the health and wellbeing of our youth

• These efforts ultimately help improve youth health both
in the short term (reducing screen time, receiving mental
health support) and in the future (reducing the risk of
cancer, addiction, or sexually transmitted diseases).
Healthy students are better learners and more likely to
become healthy adults.

Texas Public
High School Principal

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Thank you…for working with me to survey our
diverse population about their health behaviors.
It’s important we ask them [students]
how they’re doing.

Indiana Public
High School Principal

Why should districts and
schools participate?
• Districts, schools, and students are randomly
selected and cannot be replaced; each school’s
participation is critical to ensure results are
representative of youth nationwide.
• The YRBS gives your students an opportunity to share
their voice, anonymously and voluntarily.
• Participation brings students’ experiences to light
so that parents, districts, and schools can provide
the most appropriate resources for any challenges
students may face.

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[YRBS] results are critical to understand the
health status and needs of our youth … [and] add
great insight into the world of our youth and the
environment in which our young people spend
the majority of their time.

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• Results help monitor changes over time, identify
emerging issues, and plan and evaluate programs to
support the health of youth. YRBS data are used by
health departments, educators, lawmakers, doctors,
and community organizations to inform school and
community programs, communications campaigns, and
other efforts.

There were minimal disruptions to my school
day, classroom, and teachers’ [day] due to clear
communication and organized effort [of your team
and data collector]. I don’t know why I was so
hesitant and didn’t respond sooner.

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• The YRBS collects data from students in grades 9 – 12 on
key health behaviors that contribute to the leading causes
of death and illness during both youth and adulthood.

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Why is it valuable to collect healthrelated data about our youth?

Nathan R. Monell, CAE,
Executive Director, National PTA

The YRBS helps us understand many health-related topics affecting high school students,
including mental health. National YRBS data tells us that during the past year…

37%
felt sad or
hopeless

U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention

19%

seriously considered
suicide

16%

were electronically
bullied

20%

were bullied
on school property

Discover more YRBS results by topic at

www.cdc.gov/yrbs