UT — Utah SHARP — Prevention Needs Assessment (PNA)

“Utah Student Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) Prevention Needs Assessment Survey (PNA)”

“Results for State of Utah”

Utah, United States.

“November/December 2025”“This article focuses on data from the SHARP PNA.”

The official November/December 2025 health update reports 2025 PNA data and links the statewide reports (p. 8), supporting a 2025 publication year. The exact first-release date is not established.

“In Spring 2025, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) conducted the School Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) survey in public schools throughout Utah.”

“78,337 honest student surveys were included in the analysis.”

78,337 responses passed the report’s honesty checks and were included in analysis. Other sections give totals of 78,705 (p. 8) and 79,794 (p. 9), and differ on district/private-school participation; the report does not reconcile these differences. The total is not the number answering each question.

“Students in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 were surveyed”

The Prevention Needs Assessment covers grades 6, 8, 10 and 12. The separate Youth Risk Behavior Survey is not part of this sample.

“one large district selected a random sample.”

Most participating districts included all eligible schools; one district selected a random sample. Participation required active parental consent. The overall voluntary dataset is classified as non-probability; weighting does not establish a statewide probability sample.

“This section asks questions about screen time not related to school or homework. These questions ask about the time you spend on a cell or smartphone, video games, computers, handheld video game players, TV/video, or tablets/iPads not for school or homework.…” “During the past 12 months, how often (if at all) have you been threatened or harassed over the internet, by email, or by someone using a cell phone?”Response options: 0 days / 1 day / 2 or 3 days / 4 or 5 days / 6 or more days

Grades 6, 8, 10 and 12. Q126 in older Form A, Q123 in older Form B, Q85 in sixth-grade Form A and Q81 in sixth-grade Form B. No additional use-only filter is printed.

“This section asks questions about screen time not related to school or homework. These questions ask about the time you spend on a cell or smartphone, video games, computers, handheld video game players, TV/video, or tablets/iPads not for school or homework.…” “Do you think social media (examples include YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, or TikTok) makes each of the following better or worse?”“b. Grades in school”“c. Family relationships”“d. Friend relationships”Response options: A lot worse / A little worse / Neither better nor worse / A little better / A lot better

Grades 8, 10 and 12. Q124b–d ask about perceived effects of social media on school grades and relationships. The accompanying body-image item is shown as context in the full question; it does not ask about eating-disorder content.

“During the past 12 months, how often (if at all) have you been picked on or bullied by a student ON SCHOOL PROPERTY?”Response options: 0 days / 1 day / 2 or 3 days / 4 or 5 days / 6 or more days

Grades 8, 10 and 12 only; Q53 in both older forms. School-property bullying is broader than an explicitly offline measure. This question is absent from the sixth-grade forms.