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Dalnim Cho; Carol Wang; Jace Pierce; Lenna Dawkins-Moultin; Qian Lu – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: We investigated the preliminary efficacy of a tailored human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on-line intervention designed to increase HPV vaccination intention. Participants: Female college students (N = 101; 18-26 years), who have not received the HPV vaccine. Methods: Participants were randomized to either a control group to read…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Immunization Programs, Intention, Communicable Diseases
Leticia Couto Fazio de Albuquerque Lira – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Health messaging can be a successful tool in encouraging pro-social behavior, such as bystander intervention in sexual violence situations. This dissertation explored the development of a social media message to encourage bystander intervention among college students using multiple theoretical frameworks: social norms approach and bystander…
Descriptors: College Students, Prosocial Behavior, Audiences, Sexual Abuse
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Angelina V. Leary; Robert D. Dvorak; Emily K. Burr; Ardhys N. De Leon; Samantha J. Klaver; Gabrielle Lynch; Ethan Toth; Michelle J. Diaz; Sebastian Martin – Journal of Drug Education, 2024
College students are at a heightened risk of experiencing depression and anxiety symptomatology and engaging in maladaptive alcohol use. Understanding how alcohol interventions impact emotional functioning is essential. One such intervention uses Deviance Regulation Theory (DRT), which posits that behavior can be modified using targeted messaging…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Drinking, Intervention, Depression (Psychology)
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Lori Zomback; Laura K. Barré – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of a peer-led single-session intervention targeting the sociocultural pressures of body image. Participants: New members of 13 sororities at one university. Methods: Participants were randomized by sorority into the intervention (n = 207) or wait list control (n = 264). Online surveys were administered at…
Descriptors: Intervention, Sociocultural Patterns, Self Concept, Human Body
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Holody, Kyle J.; Selby, Christina N.; Carter, Elizabeth L. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2023
This survey-based study examined a social norms campaign promoting mask-wearing among college students during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. More positive face mask perceptions, greater motivation to wear masks, and greater likelihood to wear masks in public were associated with respondents having seen the campaign messages and believing…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Behavior Standards, Health Behavior, Hygiene
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Wong, Janet Yuen-Ha; Tang, Norita Ruby; Yau, Jessie Ho-Yin; Choi, Anna Wai-Man; Fong, Daniel Yee-Tak – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Dating violence prevention programs have been understudied in Asia, including China. The current study sought to evaluate the feasibility of the Dating Compassion, Assessment, reFerral, and Education (CAFE) Ambassador Programme in China. This program is designed to enhance the behavioral intentions of Chinese students to help peers who are…
Descriptors: College Students, Dating (Social), Violence, Interpersonal Relationship
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Procter-Scherdtel, Amy; Collins, Damian – Health Education Research, 2013
Smoking bans offer practical protection against environmental tobacco smoke and highlight the decreasing normative status of smoking. At Canadian universities, indoor smoking is now completely prohibited, but regulations vary with respect to outdoor smoking. The purpose of this research was to conceptualize the interactions of smoking bans on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Case Studies, Smoking
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Killos, Lydia F.; Hancock, Linda C.; McGann, Amanda Wattenmaker; Keller, Adrienne E. – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Objective: Social norms campaigns are a cost-effective way to reduce high-risk drinking on college campuses. This study compares effectiveness of a "standard" social norms media (SNM) campaign for those with and without exposure to additional educational sessions using audience response technology ("clickers"). Methods: American College Health…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Behavior Standards, Marketing, Health Education
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, 2002
Most campus alcohol and other drug (AOD) programs include prevention, intervention, and treatment services designed to address individual students' knowledge of the consequences of alcohol and other drug use, to improve their skills in resisting such behavior, or to address existing problematic use of or addiction to alcohol or other drugs.…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drinking, Drug Use, College Environment
Baldwin, Bird T. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
The aim of this bulletin is to set forth the present status of a phase of college and university administration that enlists the cooperation of students for the maintenance of fair play and honesty in the preparation and performance of classroom activities. A personal letter, with 11 questions appended, was submitted early in 1913 to 475 American…
Descriptors: Educational History, College Students, College Administration, Ethics