The Monitoring the Future annual surveys explore trends and changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyles of contemporary American youth. Each year, nationally representative samples of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students in the United States are asked to respond to drug use and demographic questions, as well as a subset of topical questions on a variety of subjects such as attitudes toward...

The NYC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a subset of the national YRBS conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This survey monitors priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems among youth in New York City. Students complete a self-administered, anonymous questionnaire that measures a variety of behaviors,...

This data was generated during a study to evaluate how the installation of water jets (drinking water dispensers) in New York City public schools affected student consumption of water and milk. Data was collected from 9 schools which received the intervention and 10 comparison (control) schools at three points: pre-intervention/baseline in November 2010, 3.5 months after installation in March 2011,...

This data was compiled as part of a project to analyze existing administrated data to investigate the impact of the food environment on body mass index BMI. The project aimed to characterize the relationship between population characteristics and the urban food environment, determine the impact of variation in the urban food environment on BMI, and identify interaction effects between demographic characteristics...

This dataset is student-level administrative data. It is compiled by the New York City Department of Education (DOE) as part of their Fitnessgram program. Fitnessgram is a fitness assessment for students K - 12 in the New York City public schools. As a part of this program, data is collected about student height, weight, fitness level, strength, endurance, and flexibility. Data collection began in...

In addition to the aggregate reports available in the NYC Open Data repository, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) provides linkable individual-level administrative datasets to qualified researchers. These datasets include students in grades K - 12 who are enrolled in New York City public schools and school staff. Data may be requested by year or series of years. Below is a listing of datasets...

This dataset was collected as part of a project to assess the availability and utilization of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools in New York State, one of a minority of states which require them in public schools. Between January to March 2018, active nurses who were members of the NYS Association of School Nurses were invited to complete an electronic survey in REDCap to provide information...

The CariedAway project was a cluster randomized pragmatic clinical trial that investigated the non-inferiority of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) versus glass ionomer sealants in the arrest and incidence of dental caries in children when applied through a school-based oral disease prevention program. Secondary objectives of the CariedAway trial were to (1) assess the non-inferiority of SDF when applied...