Center for Drug & Health Studies

THREE DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOLS WON THE YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEYS (YRBS) INCENTIVES

Three Delaware High Schools Won the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) Incentives

SHINING LIGHT ON PRISONS

Delaware agency, CDHS researchers selected for national initiative

SYMPOSIUM OF CORRECTIONAL JUSTICE

Exploring Innovative Models

CHRISTY VISHER AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH IN CRIME AND JUSTICE CONFERENCE

Brisbane, Australia

2023 Mental and Behavioral Health Summit

CDHS Associate Scientist Meisje Scales was invited to present youth mental health data to key Delaware stakeholders

Polysubstance Use Venn Diagram (multicolored overlapping circles) showing the overlapping use of different substances.

CDHS Releases New Data Product on Polysubstance Use

This Venn diagram serves as a visualization of reported past year substance use, highlighting polysubstance use, among Delaware 11th grade students. Thirty-seven percent of students reported using at least one substance in the past year. This information was collected...

paper survey on a desk with one sharpened pencil resting on the desk above the survey

Dr. Rochelle Brittingham Presents YRBS Data on Youth Opioid Use and Risk Perception

A community response briefing was hosted on Friday, June 2 by Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long and leaders from the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), Department of Education (DOE), and Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families...

Darryl Chambers presents data alongside a projection screen in a large conference room

CDHS Presents at the Delaware Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Integration Summit

CDHS held two presentations at the Delaware Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Integration Summit on May 22nd. The event, funded by a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant, brought behavioral health and criminal justice system professionals together to collaborate...

CDHS EXPLORES STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY AFTER SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

Using Delaware School Survey data, the authors explore perceptions of safety among Delaware public school students after three school shooting events: Columbine (1999), Virginia Tech (2007), and Stoneman Douglas (2018). Click here to read "Differences...