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Direct linkStephanie M. Asdell; Rachel D. Bennett; Sabrina A. Cordon; Qiuhong Zhao; Jeffrey F. Peipert – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To assess the relationship between knowledge of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and intention to use LARC among female students. Participants: Participants consisted of a convenience sample of 292 female undergraduate and graduate students at a large midwestern university. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional in-person…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Intention, College Students, Contraception
Hannah Young; Julie R. Schumacher; Scott Pierce; Jennifer L. Barnes – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure college student athletes' nutrition knowledge and behavior before and after a text message-based educational intervention. Participants: Athletes (n = 35) participated by completing a pre- and post-intervention survey. Methods: This survey gathered information on ability to identify carbohydrate…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Athletes, Knowledge Level, Health Behavior
Lauren Kendall Graham; Sarah B. Maness; Beth Sundstrom – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore contraceptive awareness among college women in the Southeast United States. This study sheds light on the gaps in contraceptive use found in college women and can be used to improve educational interventions on college campuses. Participants: College-age women ages 18-25 completed in-depth…
Descriptors: Females, Contraception, College Students, Knowledge Level
Ellen B. Rubinstein; Hannah Rayel; Elizabeth C. Crawford; Mary Larson – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: This exploratory study examined campus attitudes toward vaccines to guide subsequent development of context-relevant interventions for increasing vaccine acceptance and uptake. Participants: We gathered ethnographic data on a convenience sample of campus community members (students, faculty, staff) at a public university over six weeks…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, College Students, College Faculty, School Personnel
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Regular physical activity is essential to improve and maintain physical and mental health. Moreover, physical inactivity is the leading preventable cause of many chronic diseases leading to higher rates of mortality. Physical activity levels begin to decline in adolescence and continue to decline with age. Beginning in childhood and continuing…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Health Behavior, College Students, Females
Ahauve Orusa; Amy Wahlquist; Delaney Lawson; Ossama Riaz; Jacob Mitchell; Yordanos Tafesse; Sam Pettyjohn – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has provided the general public with an understanding of scientific processes and health systems surrounding vaccination in real-time. This report assesses responses of college students in a regional university to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors (KAB)…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
José Alonso Cabriales; Nora Hernandez; Thom Taylor; Theodore V. Cooper – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study assessed changes (in relation to smoking status) in tobacco use, attitudes toward TFC policies, and tobacco use risk knowledge by applying a three Wave repeated cross-sectional assessment. Participants: Participants were students at Wave 1 (n = 2,169), Wave 2 (n = 2,576), and Wave 3 (n = 2,169) and faculty at Wave 1 (n =…
Descriptors: Smoking, College Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Margaret A. Riggs; Sabrina A. Madni; January Cornelius; Amy Zhang; Michaila Czarnik; Keith Zullig; Robert J. Bensley; Linda Gibson-Young; Marilyn Gardner; Caryl E. Waggett; Vonia Grabeel; Samuel J. Pettyjohn; Christine Fisher; Resa M. Jones; Dayna M. Maniccia; Jack Doyle; Margarita Treuth; John Neatherlin; Ebony Thomas; Lisa Barrios – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: To understand college and university student knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) regarding COVID-19 prevention strategies. Methods: Thirteen colleges and universities volunteered to conduct an anonymous electronic survey in April 2021 to assess students' KAB about mask use and vaccination to prevent COVID-19. Results:…
Descriptors: College Students, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Health Behavior
Download full textJoyvina K. Evans – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2024
Preparing students enrolled in healthcare programs for industry is paramount. While providing administrative and clinical education is essential, students must understand the health literacy levels of the population they serve and work diligently to ensure the population understands and comprehends the health information. Adults with low or…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Literacy, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Johanna Ravenhurst; Teah Snyder; Kate Wallace; Sheila Pennell; Sarah L. Goff; Andrew A. Lover – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding COVID-19 in university affiliates to inform future COVID-19 policies and practices. Participants: Undergraduate students, graduate students and university employees at a large public university. Methods: Semi-structured focus groups and interviews were conducted between…
Descriptors: College Students, School Personnel, Knowledge Level, Attitudes
Gülendam Karadag; Dilek Bilgiç; Nuray Öztürk; Tugba Özdemir – European Journal of Education, 2025
Health literacy is important for maintaining healthy diets and lifestyles. This study examined the relationship between nutrition literacy and healthy life skills of university students. This study was a descriptive and correlational design. The students' Food and Nutrition Literacy Scale knowledge sub-dimension mean score was found to be 10.30 ±…
Descriptors: College Students, Multiple Literacies, Health, Nutrition
Stacey B. Griner; Jason W. Beckstead; Cheryl A. Vamos; Joseph A. Puccio; Kay Perrin; Ellen M. Daley – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To identify theory-based innovation characteristics associated with the adoption of consumer-based self-sampling methods for sexually transmitted infection screening. Participants: Guided by the Diffusion of Innovation, survey data from people assigned female at birth (AFAB) (n = 92) were analyzed. Methods: Forward regression models and…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Screening Tests, Females, Individual Characteristics
Kailing Chen; Zhihong Lin; Isabelle do Prado; Zahra Mohammad; Karla M. Acosta; Sujata A. Sirsat – Journal of Extension, 2024
This study investigates college students' current food safety knowledge and food-handling perceptions and utilized an online survey which designed based on previous studies as method. The questionnaire measured respondents' food safety knowledge and perception, and were divided into knowledge, attitudes and perception categories. The results show…
Descriptors: College Students, Food, Safety, Student Attitudes
Ulrich, Angela K.; McKearnan, Shannon B.; Lammert, Sara; Wolfson, Julian; Pletcher, Jonathan; Halloran, M. Elizabeth; Basta, Nicole E. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
After an outbreak of meningococcal B (MenB) disease at a university, we surveyed students regarding their vaccination status 2 months and 20 months after campus-led vaccination campaigns and compared students' self-report to vaccination records. Nearly all participants accurately reported the number of vaccine doses at both visits. Among those who…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Health Behavior, College Students, Immunization Programs
Vinna Mae F. Alegado; Amy Phil F. Domingo; Danilo V. Rogayan Jr.; Jasmine R. Albeza – Science Education International, 2025
Maintaining sound reproductive health is crucial for achieving and sustaining optimal overall well-being. Reproductive health encompasses various physical, emotional, and social factors that significantly impact an individual's quality of life. The present study used a descriptive-correlational research design to determine and explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
