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Sandra Wittleder; Brianna Bhoopsingh; Peter M. Gollwitzer; Melanie Jay; Elizabeth Mutter; Tim Valshtein; Gina Angelotti; Gabriele Oettingen – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Heavy drinking is a major public health concern, particularly among young adults who often experience fear of being stigmatized when seeking help for alcohol-related problems. To address drinking concerns outside clinical settings, we tested the feasibility of a novel imagery-based behavior change strategy led by student lay interventionists in a…
Descriptors: Lay People, Coaching (Performance), Intervention, Help Seeking
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Bhagvat J. Maheta; Afroze Khan; Samantha Skinner; Melanie S. Dove – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To evaluate the change in tobacco use by college students in California during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: Young adults (18-24 years) currently enrolled in a California college or university (N = 212). Methods: Students recruited through social media posts and by student tobacco advocate members completed an online survey of 59…
Descriptors: Smoking, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Berg, Michael B.; Lin, Linda – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The current study tracked attitudinal and behavioral changes related to a campus-wide smoking ban. Participants: Students from 2 colleges in Massachusetts (N = 418; April 2014; N = 640 April 2018). Methods: Surveys tracked students' smoking habits, beliefs about smoking, and attitudes before and four years after the implementation of a…
Descriptors: Smoking, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, School Policy
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Gelino, Brett W.; Salzer, Allyson R.; Harsin, Joshua D.; Naudé, Gideon P.; Gilroy, Shawn P.; Reed, Derek D. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2023
Policy drives community-level behavior change, so behavior analysts should aid empirical policy development. University campus regulation is a useful proxy for broader policy initiatives and thus is a convenient inroad for behavior analyst involvement. This paper examines behavior analytic contributions to the planning and evaluation of a…
Descriptors: Smoking, School Policy, Health Behavior, Behavior Change
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John Matkovic; Nicole McKenzie; Jiunn-Jye Sheu; Jennifer Glassman; Aaron J. Kruse-Diehr; Tavis Glassman – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Background: Academic success and retention remain priorities on college campuses. Excessive cell phone use, test anxiety, and poor sleep habits are all associated with negative academic performance. Objective: To assess college students' perceptions of a health communication campaign designed to improve study habits and wellness behaviors during…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Health Behavior, Sleep, Student Attitudes
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Prince Atorkey; Christine Paul; John Wiggers; Billie Bonevski; Aimee Mitchell; Flora Tzelepis – Journal of American College Health, 2024
No studies have examined vocational education students' intention to change multiple health risk behaviors and whether baseline characteristics predict behavior change. Participants: Participants were vocational education students in New South Wales, Australia. Methods: Students in the no-intervention control arm of a cluster randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Intention, Health Behavior
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Samuel Ifeanyichukwu Onuorah; Olaoluwa Samson Agbaje; Osmond Chukwuemeka Ene; Fabian Chibunine Ugwueze – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Psychoactive substance use is prevalent among young people in Nigeria. However, the dearth of accessible and good-quality treatment for substance use disorders in Nigeria creates a treatment gap. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a substance use prevention education programme (SUPEP) for young people in Nigeria. Design: A…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Prevention, Health Education, Drug Abuse
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Keskin, Bülent; Köse, Esra Özay – Journal of Science Learning, 2023
This paper aims to determine whether tracking calories using a mobile application without any nutrition education has a positive effect on the eating behaviors of university students. The concurrent design, one of the mixed methods designs, was used to compare the quantitative and qualitative data analysis results. The participants are 108…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Health Behavior, Behavior Change, Recordkeeping
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Joca Zurc – Cogent Education, 2024
The health education in schools became the focus of public attention during the global pandemic of COVID-19. Teaching practice changed to meet the increased demand for pupils' health, triggering a reevaluation of higher education curricula for pedagogical students. Therefore, this mixed methods study aimed to investigate the lifestyle of…
Descriptors: Life Style, Behavior Change, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Pope, Zachary C.; Gao, Zan – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: We evaluated the feasibility of a 10-week program combining a smartphone application and theoretically-based, social media-delivered health education intervention to improve college students' health behaviors and outcomes. Participants: Forty-four college students (32 female; [x-bar][subscript age]=21.6 years) in 2015-2016. Methods:…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Social Media, Health Education
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Lee, Sarah M.; Szucs, Leigh E.; Young, Emily; Fahrenbruch, Melissa – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: School-based health education can provide students with learning experiences that improve knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions (KAP) and behaviors regarding physical activity and nutrition. Methods: We conducted a 2-phase systematic review. Phase 1 was a review of reviews (ie, systematic reviews or meta-analyses) that were published…
Descriptors: Students, Health Education, Physical Activity Level, Nutrition
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Lima Fogaca, Janaina; Lee, Saemi; Joseph, Courtney; Clifford, Dawn E.; Papini, Natalie; Lee, Jonathan S. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Introduction: Peer-led health coaching is a realistic and sustainable way to support health behaviour change on university campuses. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an effective framework to guide behaviour change conversations in peer health coaching sessions. However, research on the perceptions of peer coaches who provide health coaching…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Health Promotion, Motivation Techniques, Phenomenology
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Firkey, Madison K.; Sheinfil, Alan Z.; Woolf-King, Sarah E. – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: College students are among the age-group most affected by sexually transmitted infections, yet few evidence-based interventions have proved effective in increasing college student condom use. The goal of this study was to determine which combination of referent proximity and width of discrepancy between perceived and actual norms within…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexuality, Intimacy
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Benes, Sarah; Oh, Seungbin; Peacock, Jessica; Yan, Zi – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: As health coaching is becoming more popular as a health promotion intervention tool, there is a lack of empirical evidence to understand the clients' experience in the peer health coaching program among college students. Purpose: This qualitative study explored the experiences and perceptions of the health coaching clients following an…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Coaching (Performance), College Students, Student Attitudes
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Butler, Leah C.; Fisher, Bonnie S.; Schilling, Rachael; Lasky, Nicole V.; Swan, Suzanne C. – Journal of School Violence, 2021
The "once bitten, twice shy" (OBTS) hypothesis argues that crime victims who change their involvement in risky lifestyle behaviors reduce their likelihood of experiencing repeat victimization. Tests of this hypothesis have yielded weak to mixed results, which may be due to methodological issues. We address these methodological issues by…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Risk, Alcohol Abuse, Life Style
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