2023 Survey Information
The 2023 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey is returning to the normal timeline of winter of odd-numbered years after being postponed to the fall in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 surveys will be administered January through March 2023 for students in grades 5 through 12.
Steps to prepare your school for MIYHS:
PAPER Administration Handbook for School MIYHS Coordinators, 2022-2023 School Year
ONLINE Administration Handbook for School MIYHS Coordinators, 2022-2023 School Year
Step 1:
Decide how (online or paper ) and when you will administer MIYHS at your school.
Step 2:
Send your spreadsheet containing enrollment figures for each classroom, your "class list", to miyhs@panatlanticresearch.com at least 2 weeks before survey administration at your school.
Step 3:
Complete the online knowledge review for MIYHS Coordinators covering the Administration Handbook for school MIYHS coordinators.
- Knowledge Review Check
Step 4:
Send your parent consent letter to parents/guardians at least two weeks, but no more than six weeks, prior to your school's scheduled survey administration date.
- Parent Consent Letter Template
- Translated Parent Consent Letter Template (13 languages available)
Step 5:
As soon you receive survey materials, check every classroom survey packet against your school's "MIYHS Classroom Enrollment Confirmation Forms."
Step 6:
Train your classroom teachers on how to administer the survey.
Materials for classroom teachers administering ONLINE surveys
- Survey Administration Instructions for Teachers - online
- Classroom Script for ONLINE Survey Administration
- Teacher training slides
- This video covers the teacher training slides and can be shared with teachers in place of the training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6HkcTL7k9Y
Materials for classroom teachers administering PAPER surveys
- Survey Administration Instructions for Teachers - paper
- Classroom Script for PAPER Survey Administration
- Teacher training slides
- This video covers the teacher training slides and can be shared with teachers in place of the training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4GEp47a2h4
Step 7:
Administer the survey.
Step 8:
If you administered paper surveys, please return the completed surveys to Pan Atlantic Research by the end of March 2023.