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Direct linkJournal of American College Health, 2009
Objective: Assessing and understanding the health needs and capacities of college students is paramount to creating healthy campus communities. The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a survey that ACHA developed in 1998 to assist institutions of higher education in achieving this goal. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Health Needs, Health Behavior
Trieu, Sang Leng; Bratton, Sally; Marshak, Helen Hopp – Journal of American College Health, 2011
Objective: To explore the sexual and reproductive health behaviors of students from 13 community college campuses in California. Participants: Heterosexual college students, ages 18 to 24, who have had sexual intercourse (N = 4,487). Methods: The American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) survey was…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Two Year College Students, Family Planning, Contraception
Wells, Gayle M. – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Religiosity and campus culture were examined in relationship to alcohol consumption among college students using reference group theory. Participants and Methods: College students (N = 530) at a religious college and at a state university complete questionnaires on alcohol use and religiosity. Statistical tests and logistic regression were…
Descriptors: College Students, Reference Groups, Drinking, Religious Factors
Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective: Assessing and understanding the health needs and capacities of college students is paramount to creating healthy campus communities. The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a survey developed by the ACHA in 1998 to assist institutions of higher education in achieving this goal. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Health Needs, Health Conditions
Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: Assessing and understanding the health needs and capacities of college students is paramount to creating healthy campus communities. The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a survey that ACHA developed in 1998 to assist institutions of higher education in achieving this goal. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Health Needs, Reference Groups
Lewis, Melissa A.; Neighbors, Clayton – Journal of American College Health, 2006
College students have been shown to consistently overestimate the drinking of their peers. As a result, social norms approaches are effective in correcting these misperceived norms to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. In this review of literature, the authors critically evaluated the effectiveness of personalized normative…
Descriptors: Feedback, Drinking, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
Peer reviewedJournal of American College Health, 2005
Assessing and understanding the health needs and capacities of college students is paramount to creating healthy campus communities. The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a survey instrument developed by the American College Health Association (ACHA) in 1998 to assist institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Safety, Prevention, College Students
Gillman, Jason L.; Kim, Han S.; Alder, Stephen Craig; Durrant, Lynne H. – Journal of American College Health, 2006
The sample of students completing the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) Survey at the University of Utah differs from the national reference group for the NCHA 2003 in age, employment, residence, and marital status. The purpose of this study is to determine if the defining characteristics of a commuter school increase the risk for suicidal…
Descriptors: Risk, Reference Groups, Marital Status, Suicide
