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Table 2 Characteristics of students accessing the program as recorded in program data

From: Health promotion in schools: a multi-method evaluation of an Australian School Youth Health Nurse Program

  

2010 (N = 1907)

2011 (N = 1763)

Characteristic

 

n

%

n

%

Demographics

Male

493

25.8

473

26.8

 

Female

1402

73.5

1430

81.1

 

ATSI

123

6.5

134

7.6

 

CALD

59

3.1

55

3.1

School grade

Grade 6

22

1.2

22

1.2

 

Grade 7

202

10.6

199

11.3

 

Grade 8

340

17.8

389

22.1

 

Grade 9

670

35.1

402

22.8

 

Grade 10

399

20.9

556

31.5

 

Mixed grades

26

1.4

88

5.0

Groups

 

305

16

309

17.5

 

Size

2 to 680

 

2 to 450

 
 

Total participants

5006

 

5926

 

Health area

Mental health

1034

54.2

954

54.1

 

General health

404

21.2

494

28

 

Sexual health

335

17.6

284

16.1

 

Drug and Alcohol

242

12.7

290

16.4