From MCDONAS@co.thurston.wa.us Tue Aug 11 16:28:48 1998 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id QAA43402 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:28:47 -0700 Received: from co.thurston.wa.us (smtp.co.thurston.wa.us [198.239.36.66]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id QAA01344 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:28:45 -0700 Received: from Thurston-Message_Server by co.thurston.wa.us with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:32:43 -0800 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:32:01 -0800 From: SHERRI MC DONALD To: ph-assess@u.washington.edu Subject: YBRS -Reply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline My take to the "ownership" question: the data is owned by the entity from whence it came, namely the schools. The Local Health Jurisdiction, being responsible for the analysis, should control the data. In talking with schools in Thurston County, I have been careful to tell them that, while we can write a report specific to their school, once we write it, it becomes public record and subject to disclosure under the public disclosure laws. While our Department value and intent is to always refer inquiries back to the school, an astute public disclosure law reader could easily obtain the data / report. >>> Lesa Barnes 08/11/98 03:02pm >>> This is directed to Katryne, but because I think it is a question of general interest I am copying it to the list. Who will own (control) the YRBS data collected at the schools that participate at the local level (that is, that are not a part of the state sample)? The state? the school? the LHJ? Will schools have the opportunity to have their data NOT released? If so, would the data be withheld altogether or would it be released in the county aggregate? What will happen to the data? _____________________________________ Lesa Barnes Assessment Coordinator Jefferson County Health & Human Services 615 Sheridan Port Townsend WA 98368-2476 email: lbarnes@co.jefferson.wa.us phone: 360-379-4470 fax: 360-385-9401 _____________________________________ .