Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
The YRBSS, developed in 1990, monitors priority health-risk behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. The survey questions ask about suicide, drug, alcohol, tobacco use, violence, and other contributing risk factors.
Figure 1: A Snapshot of Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Dataset
Figure 2: A Snapshot of Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration Data
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration Data
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services will be helpful to identify risk factors such as alcohol and drug usage by age, race, and state that could increase the likelihood of self-harm.
Center for Disease Control & Prevention: WONDERS Database
The CDC Wonders database provides data by cause of death, state, race, age, and other demographics. This data will be helpful to identify geographic and demographic trends on death caused by intentional self-harm by Black youth.
Figure 3: Center for Disease Control & Prevention: WONDERS Dataset
Twitter API
Twitter data may also provide potential insights into the general ongoing conversation about the mental well-being of Black youth Python code , excluding access token information, is included to retrieve tweets by their Hashtag.
