Boulder County is looking for volunteers to help administer the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) during the weeks of November 9 and November 16. The YRBS was developed by the Centers for Disease Control to monitor behaviors impacting the health and safety of youth. The data has been invaluable to the school districts and local youth serving agencies in developing effective intervention strategies and programs impacting youth.
The YRBS is administered locally through a partnership between Boulder County and the St. Vrain and Boulder Valley school districts and this year will survey all St. Vrain and Boulder Valley high schools and Boulder Valley middle schools. In order to ensure the confidentiality and anonymity of student responses, the survey is administered by community volunteers. Students in randomly selected classes take the survey during the school day on day designated by the schools. The time commitment includes a one-hour training, times listed below, and about 1.5 hours on the day of the survey.
Training dates are as follows:Tuesday, October 13th
12 noon - 1 p.m.
29th Street Mall, Community Room (2nd level above Starbucks), Boulder
Tuesday, October 13th
4 - 5 p.m.
Longmont Public Library, Room A & B, Longmont
Wednesday, October 14th
4 - 5 p.m.
West Senior Center, Creekside Room, Boulder
Thursday, October 15th
12 noon - 1 p.m.
Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette
If you are interested in volunteering or have questions about the YRBS, please contact Leisha Conners Bauer, Boulder County Healthy Youth Alliance, at 303-441-3839 or lconnersbauer@bouldercounty.org
