NATIONAL STUDIES
Connecticut School Health Survey - The Connecticut School Health Survery is part of a nationwide surveying effort led by the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor students' health risks and behaviors.
Information for the national survey is gathered from each state. In Connecticut
it is a collaborative effort between the state Department of Public Health and
the state Department of Education. The newest state survey data indicate that
Connecticut youth with supportive families are less likely to contemplate suicide,
more likely to eat well and less tempted by tobacco, sex and drugs.
Download the survey results in pdf...
2007 Connecticut School Health Survey Results
National Survey on Drug Use and Health - SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health [formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)] is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. It is currently conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS), periodically since 1972 and annually since 1991, the survey has undergone various methodological improvements.
Download the full report in pdf...
Results 2005 - National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings (last updated 9/7/2006)
Institute of Medicine of The National Academies Study - The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council's landmark study, "Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility."
National Youth Risk Behavior Survey - Conducted every two years, the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is one of three surveys sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provide data on substance abuse among youth. According to the latest YRBS recently released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fewer U.S. high school students are engaging in health risk behaviors compared to their counterparts of 15 years ago, but racial and ethnic differences continue to be evident. The full national survey is available at www.cdc.gov/yrbs and allows for comparison of a variety of risky behaviors between Connecticut high school students and national averages.
Monitoring the Future Study - In 2004, the Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth, conducted at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, marked its 30th year of conducting national surveys of substance use among American young people. Beginning with the first surveys of high school seniors in 1975, the study has provided the nation with a window through which to view the important, but largely hidden, problem behaviors of illicit drug use, alcohol use, and cigarette smoking.
Download the full report in pdf...
Volume 1: Secondary School Students
Volume 2: College Students and Adults Ages 19 - 45
Partnership Attitude Tracking Study - The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) is The Partnership's unique contribution to the field of substance abuse prevention. An annual study that tracks the elaborate and complex attitudes consumers have about illegal drugs, this research allows us to understand what our target audiences think and feel about various drugs...
Download the full reports in pdf...
PATS: Parents with children 18 and younger
PATS: 2006
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy - A comprehensive website - MethResources.gov - brings together information and resources available to communities on the topic of methamphetamine. The site serves as a tool for policymakers, law enforcement officials, treatment and prevention professionals, businesses and retailers, and anti-drug leaders.
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University is the only national organization bringing together under one roof all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat abuse of all substances -- alcohol, nicotine, illegal drugs, prescription drugs, and performance enhancing drugs -- in all sectors of society. CASA has assembled an interdisciplinary staff of more than 60 professionals with experience and expertise in the fields of substance abuse and addiction, communications, criminology, education, epidemiology, government, journalism, law, psychology, public administration, public health, public policy, social work, sociology and statistics.
Read CASA's 2006 Teen Survey
GPIY 200 Student Survey - The Governor's Prevention Initiative for Youth (GPIY) is a federally funded cooperative agreement awarded to the State of Connecticut in July 1998 from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) to address the statewide problem of adolescent alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) use. In the spring of 2000, the University of Connecticut administered the GPIY 2000 Student Survey on behalf of the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The survey objectives were: 1) to estimate the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use among students, and 2) to measure the risk and protective factors for substance use in the student population.
Download the survey results in pdf...
2007 Connecticut School Health Survey Results
National Survey on Drug Use and Health - SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health [formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)] is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. It is currently conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS), periodically since 1972 and annually since 1991, the survey has undergone various methodological improvements.
Download the full report in pdf...
Results 2005 - National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings (last updated 9/7/2006)
Institute of Medicine of The National Academies Study - The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council's landmark study, "Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility."
National Youth Risk Behavior Survey - Conducted every two years, the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is one of three surveys sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provide data on substance abuse among youth. According to the latest YRBS recently released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fewer U.S. high school students are engaging in health risk behaviors compared to their counterparts of 15 years ago, but racial and ethnic differences continue to be evident. The full national survey is available at www.cdc.gov/yrbs and allows for comparison of a variety of risky behaviors between Connecticut high school students and national averages.
Monitoring the Future Study - In 2004, the Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth, conducted at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, marked its 30th year of conducting national surveys of substance use among American young people. Beginning with the first surveys of high school seniors in 1975, the study has provided the nation with a window through which to view the important, but largely hidden, problem behaviors of illicit drug use, alcohol use, and cigarette smoking.
Download the full report in pdf...
Volume 1: Secondary School Students
Volume 2: College Students and Adults Ages 19 - 45
Partnership Attitude Tracking Study - The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) is The Partnership's unique contribution to the field of substance abuse prevention. An annual study that tracks the elaborate and complex attitudes consumers have about illegal drugs, this research allows us to understand what our target audiences think and feel about various drugs...
Download the full reports in pdf...
PATS: Parents with children 18 and younger
PATS: 2006
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy - A comprehensive website - MethResources.gov - brings together information and resources available to communities on the topic of methamphetamine. The site serves as a tool for policymakers, law enforcement officials, treatment and prevention professionals, businesses and retailers, and anti-drug leaders.
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University is the only national organization bringing together under one roof all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat abuse of all substances -- alcohol, nicotine, illegal drugs, prescription drugs, and performance enhancing drugs -- in all sectors of society. CASA has assembled an interdisciplinary staff of more than 60 professionals with experience and expertise in the fields of substance abuse and addiction, communications, criminology, education, epidemiology, government, journalism, law, psychology, public administration, public health, public policy, social work, sociology and statistics.
Read CASA's 2006 Teen Survey
GPIY 200 Student Survey - The Governor's Prevention Initiative for Youth (GPIY) is a federally funded cooperative agreement awarded to the State of Connecticut in July 1998 from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) to address the statewide problem of adolescent alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) use. In the spring of 2000, the University of Connecticut administered the GPIY 2000 Student Survey on behalf of the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The survey objectives were: 1) to estimate the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use among students, and 2) to measure the risk and protective factors for substance use in the student population.