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Danvers Cares presents youth risk behavior survey: sleep, bullying and mental-health disparities noted
Summary
Danvers Cares presented YRBS results for Danvers High School showing high rates of short sleep, disparities in school connectedness by race and sexual orientation, elevated bullying and self-harm reports among LGBTQ+ and transgender students, and lower rates of some substance-use measures than state averages.
Amanda Weber (Danvers High School social worker and Danvers Cares program director) and Laura Mayer (clinical social worker and school/community liaison) presented results from a youth risk behavior survey administered to Danvers High students in October 2024.
Key findings presented to the School Committee: about 35% of surveyed students reported getting fewer than six hours of sleep on an average school night; roughly 2% of respondents reported going hungry because there was not enough food at home (about 14 students in the sample of 698); 48% of students said they feel close to people at school overall, but lower…
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