Pride Survey 2015

Results
Highlights of the surveys completed by middle and
high school students in Ward 7
November 5, 2015

Participating Schools
Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public
PolicyParkside Middle School, Parkside High
School
Friendship Public Charter SchoolBlow Pierce
Middle School
IDEA Public Charter School (high school)
313 students participated; surveys implemented
May 2015

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Why the Pride Survey

Identifies
student levels of drug use
protective factors which decrease the likelihood that
students engage in problem behavior
risk factors which increase the likelihood that
students engage in problem behavior

Allows multi-year comparison of data

Evaluates prevention goals and objectives
Participation is voluntary and responses are
anonymous
Used by more than 8,000 school systems
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30-Day Use in Middle School

Cigarettes

Alcohol

.9%

4.3%

Marijuana

Prescription Drugs

7.8%

4.3%

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30-Day Use in High School

Cigarettes

Alcohol

9.5%

30.2%

Marijuana

Prescription Drugs

30.7% 10.1%
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Protective Factors
Protective factors are characteristics known to
decrease the likelihood that a student will engage in
problem behaviors.
The Pride survey measures five:
School opportunities for prosocial involvement
School rewards for prosocial involvement
Interaction with prosocial peers
Prosocial involvement
Rewards for prosocial involvement
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Protective Factor Scores

Overall Protective Factor Scale Scores, Middle and High
Schools Combined
100

75

50

64

66
51

51

38

25

0
School
School rewards for
opportunities for
prosocial
prosocial
involvement
involvement

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Interaction with
prosocial peers

Prosocial
involvement

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Rewards for
prosocial
involvement

Risk Factors
Risk factors are characteristics known to increase
the likelihood that a student will engage in
problem behaviors.
The five highest-ranking are:
Low neighborhood attachment
Community disorganization
Interaction with antisocial peers
Community transitions and mobility
Laws and norms favorable to drug use
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Risk Factor Scores

Risk Factor Scale Scores, Middle and High Schools Combined,
Select Factors
100

75
50

81
65

67

66

Interaction with
Antisocial Peers

Community
Transitions and
Mobility

62

25
0
Low Neighborhood
Community
Attachment
Disorganization

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Laws and Norms

Favorable to Drug
Use

Schools are the Leading

Protective Factors
In the future, we should identify new ways to
engage schools, school programs, after-school
programs to increase the positive influence on child
behavior.
This will further increase the positive impact
schools have on young people.

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Ramp up the Weakest

Protective Factors
Find new ways to address protective factors that
scored the lowest: interaction with prosocial peers,
prosocial involvement, and rewards for prosocial
involvement.
There is much room for improvement in these areas
and as such, offer the greatest opportunity.

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Tackling Risk Factors

Risk factors remain strong. Some of the ways we
can minimize impact:

Strong and targeted policy-focused action items

Educating nonprofits and DC government agencies
about community development-related risk factors
and working with them to address them
Identifying partners to address low neighborhood
attachment and mobility risk factors

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Learn more
Contact Vickie Wells (vwells@w7sdcc.org) or
Susie Cambria (scambria@w7sdcc.org) to:
learn more about the Coalition
learn more about the W7SDCC Pride survey
results
Schedule a briefing on the Pride survey results
www.w7sdcc.org

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