AHS Methodology: Sharing the results

McCreary will share the results of the 2008 Adolescent Health Survey in a variety of ways:

• Printed reports for the province overall, and for each of the 16 Health Service Delivery Areas participating in the survey, including trend data incorporating AHS data from 1992, 1998, 2003 and 2008.
• Topic specific Fact Sheets, which feature informative summaries of the results.
• Youth Fact Sheets developed by and for youth.
• Participating school districts will also receive a set of confidential data tables, although no direct comparisons between school districts or individual schools data will be released.

McCreary also intends to:

• Translate the data into action at a community level through the Next Steps workshop model. Youth will have a chance to respond to survey results and discuss how this information can be used to meet health needs in their community.
• Conduct detailed, secondary analysis on emerging issues for youth.
• Invite other researchers to use the data for detailed analyses.
• Present results to educators, health professionals and community stakeholders.