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Cobb, Caroline O.; Khader, Yousef; Nasim, Aashir; Eissenberg, Thomas – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objectives: To examine the prevalence and characteristics of dual users of cigarettes and waterpipes by comparing them with individuals who use either product exclusively. Participants: Cross-sections of undergraduate students at a public university recruited each spring semester from 2006 to 2011 (total N = 2,998). Methods: Participants completed…
Descriptors: Smoking, Undergraduate Students, Social Influences, Incidence
McNamara, Corinne L.; Marsil, Dorothy F. – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: Researchers examined the prevalence of self-identified and researcher-identified stalking victimization among college students. Participants and Methods: A representative sample of 1,573 (70.1% female; 29.9% male) student respondents completed an online stalking questionnaire. Results: Overall, 12% self-identified as having been…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Victims, College Students, Graduation Rate
Hopper, Mari K.; Brown, Gordon W.; Funke, Katharine A.; Pike Brown, Leslie R. – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: College lifestyle places an individual at greater risk for the development of insulin resistance (IR) and disease. The aim of this study was to establish a baseline measurement of insulin, and other variables influencing IR in college freshmen. Participants: Twenty-two men and women, 18 to 19 years of age, during first month of college.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Body Composition, Incidence, Correlation
LaCaille, Lara J.; Dauner, Kim Nichols; Krambeer, Rachel J.; Pedersen, Jon – Journal of American College Health, 2011
Objective: The goal of this study was to identify factors that college students perceived as contributing to healthy and unhealthy eating patterns, physical activity (PA) levels, and weight change. Participants: Forty-nine 18- to 22-year-old students at a midwestern university participated. Methods: Six focus groups (3 with each gender) were…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Activities, Focus Groups, Physical Environment
Orzech, Kathryn M.; Salafsky, David B.; Hamilton, Lee Ann – Journal of American College Health, 2011
Objective: Data about college student sleep were collected and used to develop an education campaign to improve sleep. Participants: On-campus residents at a large state university were surveyed on 4 occasions, October 2005 to April 2007. Sample size was 675 to 1,823 students. Fall 2005 mean age = 18.5 years, SD = 1.03 (range 18-30) years. Initial…
Descriptors: College Students, Depression (Psychology), Sleep, Mental Health
Ham, Lindsay S.; Zamboanga, Byron L.; Olthuis, Janine V.; Casner, Hilary G.; Bui, Ngoc – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Objective: The authors examined the association between social anxiety and drinking game (DG) involvement as well as the moderating role of social anxiety-relevant alcohol outcome expectancies (AOE) in social anxiety and DG involvement among college students. Participants: Participants were 715 students (74.8% women, M[subscript age] = 19.46, SD =…
Descriptors: College Students, At Risk Persons, Anxiety, Correlation
Harris, Kari Jo; Stearns, Julee N.; Kovach, Rachel G.; Harrar, Solomon W. – Journal of American College Health, 2009
Objectives: Data on effective strategies to enforce policies banning outdoor smoking are sparse. This study tested the effects of an enforcement package implemented on a college campus. Participants: Thirty-nine observers recorded compliance of 709 outside smokers. Methods: Smoking within 25 feet of buildings was noncompliant. The intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Comprehensive School Health Education, Smoking, School Policy
Hess, Karl; Goad, Jeffery; Wu, Joanne; Johnson, Kathleen – Journal of American College Health, 2009
Objective: The authors' objective was to document 9-month and previously recommended 6-month treatment completion rates for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in a pharmacist-managed LTBI clinic in a community pharmacy on a college campus, and to describe patient characteristics. Participants: Participants were university students diagnosed with…
Descriptors: College Students, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Pharmacy
Zamboanga, Byron L.; Rodriguez, Liliana; Horton, Nicholas J. – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective and Participants: The authors designed this cross-sectional study to examine sports team differences in hazardous alcohol use and drinking game participation, as well as the social correlates of these behaviors among female college athletes (N=176; M age=19.9 years, SD=1.24, range=18-22). Methods: Respondents completed self-report…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletes, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse
Hwang, Jessica P.; Huang, Chih-Hsun; Yi, Jenny K. – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Asian American college students are at high risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV). Participants and Methods: Vietnamese American students completed a questionnaire assessing HBV knowledge and attitudes. The authors performed statistical analyses to examine the relationship between HBV knowledge and participant characteristics. They also performed…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, College Students, Knowledge Level, Diseases
Miller, Kathleen E. – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: The author examined gendered links among sport-related identity, endorsement of conventional masculine norms, risk taking, and energy-drink consumption. Participants: The author surveyed 795 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory-level courses at a public university. Methods: The author conducted linear regression analyses of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Regression (Statistics), Masculinity, Athletes
Vazquez, Fernando L.; Blanco, Vanessa – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: The authors' purpose in this study was to estimate prevalence and correlates of "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," 4th edition ("DSM-IV"), major depressive episodes (MDEs) among Spanish university students. Participants and Methods: In October and November 2004, interviewers administered a…
Descriptors: Females, Incidence, Mental Disorders, Suicide
Mestek, Michael L.; Plaisance, Eric; Grandjean, Peter – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Pedometer-determined physical activity (PA) is inversely related to body composition in middle-aged adults; however, researchers have not established such a relationship in college students. Objective and Participants: In this study, the authors attempted to characterize PA and examine its relationship with body composition in undergraduate…
Descriptors: College Students, Body Composition, Physical Activities, Computers
Hames, Leesa; Rice, Craig E. – Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective and Participants: The authors of this retrospective case study focused on antimicrobial susceptibility of urinary tract isolates in cases of acute uncomplicated cystitis in college-aged women, aged 18 to 24 years, diagnosed at a major south-central university student health center. Methods: The authors obtained pertinent data from…
Descriptors: Females, Medical Services, College Students, Case Studies
Hembroff, Larry; Atkin, Charles; Martell, Dennis; McCue, Cindy; Greenamyer, Jasmine T. – Journal of American College Health, 2007
The B.R.A.D. Birthday Card initiative was started on the campus of Michigan State University (MSU) in April 1999. MSU administrators send the safe-drinking 21st birthday card (B.R.A.D.) and laminated wallet card to students shortly before their 21st birthday. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the 21st birthday card, MSU and B.R.A.D.,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Young Adults, Drinking