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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Tribal Prevention Teams,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beginning in 2020, Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division will administer a new school-based survey of youth health called the Student Health Survey (SHS). This survey
will replace OHA’s two current youth surveys, Oregon Healthy Teens and the Oregon Student Wellness Survey, and will survey 6<sup>th</sup>, 8<sup>th</sup>, and 11<sup>th</sup> graders every two years. The SHS will include questions on school climate, positive
youth development, behavioral health risks such as substance use, mental health, and nutrition and physical activity. Combining the existing surveys will reduce the time and resources asked of schools and students, simplify the assessment process, and improve
data consistency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data from youth surveys are used to track progress of school success and identify health risk and resiliency among youth. The data are important to inform strategic planning,
support evaluation of programs and interventions, and serve local and tribal prevention efforts. The results can also highlight social issues that relate to learning and academic success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the coming months, OHA will be contacting tribes and other partners to explain the changes planned with the new Student Health Survey, as well as to ask for feedback via surveys
and listening sessions. In the spring of 2019, OHA will come back to partners to share how their input has been used to refine the survey. Throughout 2019, OHA will communicate with schools to help them prepare for the new survey, which will be conducted in
the first half of 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">At the request of the tribes, OHA will continue to collect tribal enrollment data and share tribal data with specific tribes. We expect to share the data from the 2018 Student
Wellness Survey in November. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you would like me to attend the December Tribal Prevention Coordinators meeting to discuss the transition to the Student Health Survey further, please contact Julie Johnson
so that can get scheduled. We are also sharing this message with the Tribal Health Directors and offering to attend their December OHA Tribal Monthly Meeting for further discussion.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We look forward to engaging with all partners in an ongoing conversation about youth surveys and how they can serve tribes, communities, and schools to improve the health and
achievement of all students. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Thomas Jeanne, MD, MPH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Deputy State Health Officer/Epidemiologist<br>
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY<br>
Public Health Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Office of the State Public Health Director<br>
Desk: 971-673-0233<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Cell: 503-679-8735<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Email:
<a href="mailto:thomas.l.jeanne@state.or.us">thomas.l.jeanne@state.or.us</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Julie A. Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tribal Affairs Director<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Oregon Health Authority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Desk: 503-945-9703<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cell: 503-569-5802<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:julie.a.johnson@state.or.us">julie.a.johnson@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">In everything we do, have you asked yourself, will this affect Oregon Tribes and the Urban Indian Program?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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