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During the past 12 months, how many times have you taken a prescription stimulant without a doctor's prescription or differently than how a doctor told you to use it? (Count drugs such as Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, or Vyvanse.)
Health Behaviors
Drug/ Substance Use
NYC YRBS YRBSS
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Evaluation Report
Cognitive testing of select questions from the 2017 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
1/23/2018
Cognitive Interview
6/2017
DOHMH
Citation: Travers, M., & Murray, L. (2017). Cognitive testing of select questions from the 2017 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. Long Island City, NY. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/QBank/Report.aspx?1189
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Abstract: Cognitive interviewing is a method to test survey questions for cultural appropriateness and comprehensibility. Despite its longstanding history as a surveillance tool used to inform both national and local health and educational policies, questions included in the New York City (NYC) Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) have not undergone cognitive testing. To address this gap, one-on-one in-person cognitive interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 17 adolescents ages 16-18 from a public high school in Queens. The objectives of the study were to: (1) identify possible comprehension issues; and (2) assess whether respondents are able to access and recall necessary information to answer select questions from the 2017 NYC YRBS. This report summarizes findings from the cognitive testing.

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