From dgordon@shd.snohomish.wa.gov Wed Aug 12 09:53:42 1998 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id JAA24430 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:53:42 -0700 Received: from shd.snohomish.wa.gov (shd.snohomish.wa.gov [198.238.193.19]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id JAA02689 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:53:41 -0700 Received: from shd.snohomish.wa.gov by shd.snohomish.wa.gov (AppleShare IP Mail Server 5.0.3) id 112681 via TCP with SMTP; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:55:44 -0700 Message-ID: <35D1C8AA.6D71B39@shd.snohomish.wa.gov> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:54:03 -0700 From: Diane Gordon X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ph-assess@u.washington.edu CC: Blair Brooke Subject: Re: YBRS -Reply References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think folks should also be aware of issues around the ability to identify survey respondants when a report is written for a small school, especailly if it becomes public record. I would be more inclined to not write anything below the school district level and even then would take a good look at numbers so as to protect privacy and confidentiality. SHERRI MC DONALD wrote: > > 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 > _____________________________________ -- Diane Gordon, MS, MPH Epidemiologist/Health Statistics and Assessment Manager Snohomish Health District 3020 Rucker Avenue Suite 102 Everett, WA 98201 425-339-5290 (phone) 425-339-5218 (fax) dgordon@shd.snohomish.wa.gov .