2022 School Health Policies Survey for Middle and High Schools

2022 School Health Profiles data assesses health policies and practices across states, districts, territories, and tribal areas. Surveys were conducted biennially by education and health agencies among middle and high school principals and lead health education teachers. The dataset monitors topics like health education, physical activity, bullying, tobacco-use prevention, nutrition, and mental health services.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic disparities in school health policies by comparing DataValue across LocationDesc and LocationType.
• Model the relationship between specific policies (e.g., Question on tobacco-use prevention) and reported outcomes using DataValue and SampleSize.
• Track trends over time for specific health topics (MainTopic) by joining on Year and LocationID across survey cycles.
• Identify correlations between different school health practices by examining DataValue across multiple SubTopic entries for a common LocationID.

Strengths

• Biennial survey system provides potential for longitudinal analysis across multiple years.
• Covers multiple geographic levels including states, districts, territories, and tribes via LocationType.

Limitations

• SampleSize for specific questions may be small for certain locations, limiting statistical power.
• Data is self-reported via surveys, which may introduce response bias.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov

Collection Method

Biennial surveys conducted by education and health agencies among school principals and lead health education teachers.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

2022 data; surveys conducted biennially.

Geography

States, school districts, territories, and tribes in the United States.