Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Tallahassee, Florida, 1980-1982

Investigators: Richard Udry

The Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Tallahassee was a two wave panel study conducted between January 1980 and August 1982 by the Carolina Population Center (CPC). The study explored adolescent attitudes and behavior with respect to sexuality. In addition to student questionnaires, parents of the adolescents were interviewed across both waves of the study. The DAAPPP file consists of information on student respondents, which is supplemented by information provided by parents, as well as interviewer observations about the respondent. Topics covered in the interview include: physical and sexual development; sexual history; attitudes and beliefs concerning social and sexual behavior; demographic information on the respondent and the respondent's family and household (sex, religion, occupation, etc.); and items concerning the mental health of the respondent pertaining to locus of control, future orientation, and self-satisfaction. The study also used a technique of matching respondent questionnaires to those of friends in the school to analyze the social structure of peer influence on sexual behavior.

Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Hormone Supplement, Tallahassee, Florida, 1982

Investigators: Richard Udry

The Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Tallahassee was a two wave panel study conducted between January 1980 and August 1982 by the Carolina Population Center (CPC). The study explored adolescent attitudes and behavior with respect to sexuality. In addition to student questionnaires, parents of the adolescents were interviewed across both waves of the study. For the present Hormone Supplement study, ninth and tenth grade students who had earlier participated in the second wave of The Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior were recontacted and asked to provide samples of blood and saliva. A new sample of 66 eighth graders were also asked to provide blood and saliva samples. Since the eighth graders had not previously participated in the Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, they were administered a shortened version of this study's Wave 2 questionnaire. Topics covered in the abbreviated questionnaire included: physical and sexual development; sexual history; attitudes and beliefs concerning social and sexual behavior; demographic information on the respondent and the respondent's family and household (sex, religion, occupation, etc.) and items on the mental health of the respondent pertaining to locus of control, future orientation, and self-satisfaction. The study also used a technique of matching respondent questionnaires to those of friends in the school to analyze the social structure of peer influence on sexual behavior.

Study of Adolescents at Risk, and Their Children, in Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis, 1984-1986

Investigators: Arlene R. Stiffman

The data come from a 2-year longitudinal, naturalistic study of a random sample of 500 high risk female adolescents in three cities (Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis). The sample was derived from pregnant and never pregnant adolescent females using public inner city health clinics in 1984-85. Face to face interviews yielded data about mental health diagnoses and symptoms; somatic complaints; chronic illness; self-esteem; locus of control; sexuality; pregnancy; and children's physical, intellectual and emotional development. Other data include information on the environment, health, interpersonal and intrapersonal lives of teen age mothers as contrasted with teen nonmothers. The data set is unique in that it simultaneously provides information about the health and development of the children of teen mothers. Furthermore, the data come from a population that is at risk, but accessible to health care providers. As such, any results are particularly applicable to practice situations within health care settings.

Study of Outpatient Physical Therapy Practices, 1991

Investigators: Alan Jette

During 1989 and 1990, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) conducted a national survey of facilities that provide outpatient physical therapy services. The 1991 Study of Outpatient Physical Therapy Practices (SOPTP), was conducted to provide the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) with a description of clients who have received treatment in outpatient settings. These settings include acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, private physical therapy practices (PPTs), and physicians offices. Prior to this study, no single source or combination of sources could provide detailed and accurate data on what physical therapists do in relation to treatment and evaluation. This study was designed to provide reliable estimates of the volume, types, duration, and charges for physical therapy services provided in different outpatient settings. The study was conducted annually over three years, with each wave in the field for 12 months to control for unforeseen seasonal affects. The first year was considered a pilot study. The second and third years of data collection are archived here. Facilities were randomly selected separately for each study year. Data are weighted to correct for sampling biases. Sampled facilities completed a 20 minute telephone interview. Each facility was then asked to provide data on a small number of recently discharged clients. Sociometrics has archived these data as two separate datasets: facility-level data and patient level data, which can be merged by a facility identifying variable into a single hierarchical dataset.

Study of the Effectiveness and the Economic Feasibility of Bone-Setting, 1994-1995

Investigators: Heikki Hemmilä

A Study of the Effectiveness and the Economic Feasibility of Bone-Setting was conducted between 1994 and 1995 at the Folk Medicine Center in Kaustinen, Finland. The study was conducted to determine whether bone-setting (a form of traditional Finnish folk healing) or light exercise therapy could ease back pain and improve function better than ordinary physiotherapy. The study was a randomized, single-blind, clinical trial that lasted 6 weeks. 114 patients with prolonged back pain were randomly assigned to receive therapy involving bone-setting, a light exercise regimen, or physiotherapy. Patients received up to ten 1-hour treatment sessions during the 6 week treatment period. Patients were evaluated at the start of the study, at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. The main outcomes include several measures of spinal mobility, muscular performance, and back pain. Secondary outcome measures include Oswestry disability scores, number of sick-leaves, number of visits to health centers, other types of therapy received for back pain, health care costs, and quality of life.

Survey of Family Relations and Adolescent Sex Behavior in Salt Lake City, Utah and Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1983

Investigators: Brent C. Miller

This study was conducted as an evaluation of a prevention services demonstration grant awarded to T.D. Olson of Brigham Young University by the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs. In this study, the units of observation are adolescents aged 14-19, attending high schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Surveys were administered as part of a pretest-posttest comparison design of an alternative curriculum offered in health, parenting or home economics classes. The alternative curriculum was constructed to promote a greater degree of parental involvement in the education of family living and sexual decision making. The study was conducted twice, once in 1983 using students in Utah and New Mexico, and again in 1984, adding an additional set of students from California to diversify the study population. The 1984 study also acquired parental data from parent questionnaires which was not part of the 1983 study design. The present Data Set (B4) covers the 1983 study; DAAPPP Data Set B5 chronicles the 1984 study. Both surveys included questions on respondent demographic characteristics, a Family Strengths Scale designed to indicate the quality of family relationships, a Parent-Adolescent Communications Scale that addresses openness of communication and communication problems in the family, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Norwicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale, and questions on adolescents' attitudes and behavior regarding sexual intercourse.

Survey of Family Relations and Adolescent Sex Behavior in Salt Lake City, Utah, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and San Bernardino County, 1984

Investigators: Brent C. Miller

This study was conducted as an evaluation of a prevention services demonstration grant awarded T. D. Olson of Brigham Young University by the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy. In this study, the units of observation are adolescents aged 14-19, attending high schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Salt Lake City, Utah, and San Bernardino County, California. Surveys were administered as part of a pretest-posttest comparison design of an alternative curriculum offered in health, parenting, and home economics classes. The curriculum was constructed to promote a greater degree of parental involvement in the education of family living and sexual decision making. The study was done twice. The first study was done in 1983 using students in Utah and New Mexico (DAAPPP Data Set No. B4). Due to the high proportion of Mormons in the earlier sample, a second study was conducted in 1984, using students in Utah, New Mexico, and California. DAAPPP Data Set B5 covers the 1984 study. The surveys included questions on respondent demographic characteristics, a Family Strengths Scale designed to indicate the quality of family relationships, a Parent-Adolescent Communications Scale that addresses openness of communication and communication problems in the family, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Norwicki- Strickland Locus of Control Scale, and sexual value questions regarding adolescents' attitudes and behavior concerning kissing, petting and intercourse.

Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

Investigators: United States Census Bureau

The main objective of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is to provide accurate and comprehensive information about income and program participation of individuals and households in the United States, and about the principal determinants of income and program participation. SIPP offers detailed information on cash and noncash income on a sub annual basis. The survey also collects data on taxes, assets, liabilities, and participation in government transfer programs. SIPP data allow the government to evaluate the effectiveness of federal, state, and local programs.

Survey of Income and Program Participation Core and Disability Modules, 1992/1993

Investigators: Bureau of Census, Jack McNeil

The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is a large panel study of civilian non-institutionalized U.S. citizens. Conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, SIPP provides detailed income and other economic resource distribution information for the U.S. population. Using these data, program analysts, policy makers, or other researchers can then predict assistance program eligibility rates. The survey focuses primarily on improving data on people who are economically at risk: poor or near-poor people and middle-income people who, if they lost a spouse, parent or job, would likely experience economic deprivation and might then require federal assistance. Secondary to this core set of information, SIPP adds question modules about a variety of policy related topics. This user's guide pertains to SIPP's overlapping crosssectional core data and modules on disability from the 1992 and 1993 panels.

TOTAL: Bullying Prevention Program for Grade 5-12 Classrooms

Investigators: Anya Drabkin, Sheena Reddy, Julie Solomon, Lucy Baden, & Josefina J. Card

TOTAL, the Teacher-Targeted Online Tolerance and Anti-Bullying Library, provides information and tools to enable educators to develop crucial knowledge and skills to prevent bullying in schools and to implement a brief anti-bullying program in their classroom. The TOTAL Bullying Prevention Program is a 5-session in-class curriculum based on the evidence concerning what works to prevent bullying among middle and high school students. Program sessions include an outline with step-by-step instructions for implementing activities, and all associated materials (e.g., worksheets, factsheets, case studies). The program sessions follow the TOTAL approach, including comprehensive strategies that target the whole school community, classroom, and student. The TOTAL product was funded by grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). A video overview of the TOTAL Bullying Prevention Program can be found here.