ERIC Number: EJ790612
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment Spring 2007 Reference Group Data Report (Abridged)
Journal of American College Health, v56 n5 p469-480 Mar-Apr 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 ACHA-NCHA contains approximately 300 questions assessing student health status and health problems, risk and protective behaviors, and impediments to academic performance. Participants: The spring 2007 reference group includes ACHA-NCHA data from 71, 860 students at 107 institutions of higher education. Methods: Officials at participating institutions administered the ACHA-NCHA to all students, to randomly selected students, or to students in randomly selected classrooms. ACHA collected data between January and May 2007. Results: Results from the spring 2007 reference group (N= 71, 860) are presented. Conclusions: These data expand the understanding of the health needs and capacities of college students. (Contains 18 tables.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Health Needs, Reference Groups, Health Conditions, School Health Services, Professional Associations, Student Surveys, Health Behavior, Postsecondary Education, Health Promotion, Health Related Fitness, Research Reports, National Surveys
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Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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