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Wasatch County Health Department tells school board student mental health and syphilis rates are rising
Summary
Health department staff presented an annual report to the Wasatch County School Board, highlighting mental-health signals from the SHARPS student survey, a seniors farmers-market voucher program, 428 disease investigations in 2024, and a local rise in sexually transmitted infections including syphilis.
Wasatch County Health Department staff reported to the Wasatch County School Board that student mental-health indicators from the SHARPS survey are signaling the need for additional attention in middle and high schools, and that sexually transmitted infections—including syphilis—have increased in the county.
A board-of-health representative described the SHARPS survey, which requires parental opt-in and is administered in sixth and eighth grades. The presenter said the survey asks…
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