Acknowledgements
| The 2003 Navajo Middle and High School Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey and report was completed and published through the significant support, contribution, and assistance from numerous individuals and groups who were commited with special interest in the health of the youth. | |
| Navajo Nation Division of Health, | |
| Navajo Area Indian Health Services, | |
| Navajo Nation Human Health Institutional Review Board, | |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, | |
| Westat, | |
| school boards, schools, students, and parents. | |
| The Navajo YRBSS survey, administered since 1997, provides important
youth health risk behavior information. Youth, schools, school boards, parent and teacher
organizations, and others are encouraged to use the information in this report for
discussion points, identify program directions, target unmet needs, evaluate initiatives,
and seek additional funds and resources for intervention. A special appreciation is extended to Ms. Vangie Yabeny, Office Automation Assistant, with the Navajo Coordinated School Health Project, Health Promotion Program, Shiprock Service Unit, for her tenacious assistance in design, development, and production of the 2003 Navajo Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) report. The art work was donated by Eric Benally who draws and paints using pencil, charcoal, pastel, water color, and acrylic. His art work reflects growing up among livestock, cowboys and Indians, and Native traditional lifestyle and dancers on the Navajo Nation and in the southwest. Additional art work are available for viewing at the following website: http://www.azteclibrary.org/localartists.htm. If you have any questions or need additional information, contact the local Navajo Health Education Office or the Indian Health Service Unit Health Promotions Program listed in the contacts section on the left menu of this website. |
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