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Select Analyses of Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Surveys

Youth Risk Behavior Survey and Sexual Minority Youth in Wisconsin 2007-2011

Full Report Presentation
(PDF,  4.2 MB)
PDF Slides and Notes (to view notes, hover cursor over "conversation bubble" in the upper left corner of slides)  
(PDF,  2 MB)
Handout
(PDF,  219 KB)
Webinar Presentation: Part 1 of 2 (Exit DHS)
Webinar Presentation: Part 2 of 2 (Exit DHS)
Webcast: Implications for YRBS Sexual Minority Youth Data (90 minutes)

This webcast summarizes and addresses implications of Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data findings on sexual minority youth. A panel of community members and youth providers discuss their efforts to address the findings. The webcast begins with an overview of the YRBS sexual minority youth data provided by Anneke Mohr, UW Population Health Service Fellow. Molly Herrmann, HIV Prevention Program Development Specialist, moderates the panel.

Panel members and their LGBT youth focus areas, include:
Gary Hollander, Diverse and Resilient (communities)
Maurice Gattis, UW Madison (home)
Camden Goetz, student (school)
Laura Goetz, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) (home)
Brian Juchems, GSA for Safe Schools (school)
Lori Stern, Department of Public Instruction (school)

Wisconsin Youth Sexual Behavior and Outcomes: 2010-2011 Update -- Sexual Behaviors, Cases of STD and HIV, and Teen Births
(PDF,  5 MB)

Wisconsin Youth Sexual Behavior and Outcomes: 2010-2011 Update -- Sexual Behaviors, Cases of STD and HIV, and Teen Births
(PowerPoint,  2 MB)

Risk Behaviors and Health Conditions of Youth Engaging in Same-Sex Sexual Behaviors: Analysis of the 2009 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
(PDF, 150 KB)

Risk Behaviors and Risk Factors of Youth Engaging in Same-Sex Sexual Behaviors: Analysis of the 2007 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
(PDF, 103 KB)

Links to Other Health Reports

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A Public Health Approach for Advancing Sexual Health in the United States: Rationale and Options for Implementation, Meeting Report of an External Consultation. Atlanta, Georgia: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; December, 2010. (PDF,  8 MB)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9 -12 --- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, Selected Sites, United States, 2001--2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) June 10, 2011;60(SS07);1-133. (PDF,  1.8 MB)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health: A Priority in Healthiest Wisconsin 2020 (PDF,  50 KB)

Healthy People 2020: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health

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Last Revised: April 01, 2013