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David C. R. Kerr; Harold Bae – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: We considered the utility of National College Health Assessment (NCHA) data relative to other national data for studying college students' cannabis use and binge drinking, and drug policy effects. Participants: Survey data on 18-22-year old college students were drawn from the 2008-2018 NCHA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Marijuana, Drug Use, Alcohol Abuse
Lauren M. Dinour; Manar Alsaidi; Christopher Snyder – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To explore how university students' dietary intakes changed during COVID-19, and whether these changes differed by food security status. Participants: Six hundred students attending a New Jersey public university. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey asked about student intake. Food security status was measured using the 18-item US…
Descriptors: College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Eating Habits
Subi Gandhi; Katrina Hinson; Viraj Gandhi; Sushma Sharma – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: This study examined the prevalence, patterns, and knowledge of Energy Drink (ED) consumption among undergraduate students. Participants: Participants included students (n = 373) attending a medium-sized rural university in Texas. Methods: Students were surveyed anonymously using convenience sampling and a cross-sectional design with 15…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Stimulants, Drug Use, Eating Habits
Kai Hong; Syeda Sana Fatima; Amy Ellen Schwartz; Leanna Stiefel; Sherry Glied – Education Economics, 2024
We evaluate the impacts of small high schools on youth risky behaviors and mental health in New York City, using a two-sample-instrumental-variable approach to address endogenous school enrollment. We find heterogeneous effects. School size, overall, has little effect. Among "students" most likely to attend small schools opened…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Risk, Mental Health, Small Schools
Neal Malik; Kassandra L. Harding; Andres Garcia – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The goal of this research was to examine the effects of COVID-19 on health seeking behaviors among students attending a minority-serving institution (MSI). Participants: Students [N = 580, M[subscript age] (SD) = 27.7 ± 9.1 years] from a midsized university in the U.S. Methods: Cross-sectional survey, distributed between February-March…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Behavior, College Students
Titus, Andrea R.; Thrasher, James F.; Gamarel, Kristi E.; Emery, Sherry L.; Elliott, Michael R.; Fleischer, Nancy L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Background: The prevalence of smoking is higher among sexual minority (SM) individuals compared with heterosexuals. The impact of televised anti-tobacco mass media campaigns on smoking outcomes among SMs is not known. Aims: We examined whether televised anti-tobacco advertising was differentially associated with current smoking and smoking…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Adults, Mass Media Effects
Paige Laxton; Sean Healy; Benjamin Brewer; Freda Patterson – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This study aimed to identify the prevalence of current smoking and examine the association between meeting combinations of the 24-h movement guidelines and current smoking in autistic adults. This cross-sectional study administered an electronic survey to a national sample of autistic adults in the United States. The study outcome was current…
Descriptors: Smoking, Physical Activity Level, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults
Niitepold, Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2023
One of the most problematic habits of college students, binge drinking, has been of particular interest among researchers as a result of the increased risk of harm experienced by students engaging in this high-risk behavior. Fraternity and sorority students have also come under scrutiny for habitually engaging in binge drinking and experiencing…
Descriptors: College Students, Alcohol Abuse, Sororities, Fraternities
Stephenson, Katie L.; Trbovich, Alicia M.; Vandermark, Lesley W.; McDermott, Brendon P.; Henry, Luke C.; Anderson, Morgan N.; Elbin, R. J. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to extend research on napping and sleep behaviors in collegiate athletes, and to compare nappers and non-nappers on sleep quality and duration. Methods: Current varsity, club, and intramural athletes between 18-29 years completed the Short Napping Behavior Scale, Pittsburgh Quality Sleep Index, Generalized…
Descriptors: Sleep, College Athletics, College Students, Health Behavior
Kyle R. Loggins – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Each year excessive alcohol use costs the United States (US) economy $250 billion and results in 95,000 deaths. Binge drinking is a form of excessive alcohol use and accounts for over 70% of these statistics. High-intensity drinking (HID), an extreme measure of binge drinking, is operationally defined as drinking twice the gender-specific binge…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Alcohol Abuse, Team Sports, College Athletics
Schmidt, Thomas P. – Communique, 2021
Pediatric sleep deficits represent a prevalent, albeit remediable, problem for school-age individuals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017). Estimates of pediatric sleep deficits are variable, however the proportion of individuals exhibiting and reporting these deficits have shown an upward trajectory over the past 20 years, ranging…
Descriptors: Sleep, Health Behavior, School Psychologists, Incidence
Worthen, Miranda; Ahmad, Isra – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To assess electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) use and vaping behaviors and attitudes in college students. Methods: A student-faculty partnership administered a cross-sectional survey to undergraduate students (N 1/4 339) in 2019. Results: 49.8% of students reported using ENDS or vaping in the past 30 days. 48.9% of students who…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Incidence, Smoking, Electronic Equipment
Anwar Mohammed Alhashem; Alanoud Albahouth; Reem Alotaibi; Renad Alashwl – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Saudi Arabia has the second-highest prevalence of diabetes in the Middle East. Therefore, providing patients with high-quality materials is essential to help them understand their illness. The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) contrasts and evaluates materials regarding understandability and actionability. Purpose:…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Incidence, Patient Education, Health Behavior
Saurabh Kalra; Deepak Kalra – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Adolescents with food allergies (FA) face unique challenges, including an increased risk of bullying, yet comprehensive national studies on this intersection are lacking. Our study examines the prevalence and association between FA and bullying among US high-school adolescents, utilizing Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2015-2019) data. Analyzing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Food, Allergy, At Risk Persons
Miller, Gabrielle F.; Sarmiento, Kelly; Haarbauer-Krupa, Juliet; Everett Jones, Sherry – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Little is known about the effectiveness of school district concussion policies on reducing the concussion prevalence among students. Methods: Data from the 2016 School Health Policies and Practices Study and 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey for 10 school districts were linked. The outcome variable was having a sports- or physical…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, High School Students