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Heidi G. Fredine, MPH, Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico, 2300 Menaul Boulevard, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107, 505-272-6640, HFredine@salud.unm.edu and Ziya Gizlice, NC- Division of Public Health, 1908 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1908.
This comparative analysis explores the relationship between disability status and three health risk behaviors/outcomes: 1) current tobacco use, 2) physical activity, and 3) overweight (BMI), using data collected from adolescents in New Mexico and North Carolina. In 2003 New Mexico added two core questions to its Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) to screen high school and middle school students for disabilities. These questions were borrowed from North Carolina’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and were originally adapted from North Carolina’s BRFSS. The disability screeners are not part of the core survey in North Carolina and were last implemented in 2001. Therefore, this report compares North Carolina’s 2001 data with a sample size of 4745 to New Mexico’s 2003 data with approximately 12,000 participants. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey is a national annual surveillance of adolescents developed by the CDC to monitor six health risk behavior categories: injuries, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors, dietary behaviors, and physical activity. The intention of this report is to examine the relationship between certain behaviors and disability and determine whether trends exist. Discussion will include similarities and differences in the analyses of the two states, implications for targeting prevention of risky behaviors in youth with disabilities, and the importance of collaborating resources for multi-state analyses and interventions.
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Keywords: Adolescent Health, Disability
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.