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Direct linkHannah G. Rosenblum; Hannah E. Segaloff; Devlin Cole; Christine C. Lee; Dustin W. Currie; Glen R. Abedi; Patrick L. Remington; G. Patrick Kelly; Collin Pitts; Kimberly Langolf; Juliana Kahrs; Kurt Leibold; Ryan P. Westergaard; Christopher H. Hsu; Hannah L. Kirking; Jacqueline E. Tate – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Characterize college student COVID-19 behaviors and attitudes during the early pandemic. Participants: Students on two university campuses in Wisconsin. Methods: Surveys administered in September and November 2020. Results: Few students (3-19%) participated in most in-person activities during the semester, with eating at restaurants as…
Descriptors: College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control
James Bezjian; Benjamin P. Dean; Sergey Y. Ponomarov; Sarah Imam; Robert Riggle; Michael Weeks; Sally Selden – Industry and Higher Education, 2025
Institutional upheaval spurred by the COVID-19 crisis suddenly and dramatically transformed the rules of the game for higher education organizations. The global pandemic thrust colleges and universities into ambiguous institutional environments. Disruption of established routines and supply networks resulted in the near collapse of global supply…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Industry
Shannan N. Rich; Emily M. Klann; Kelly K. Gurka; Meghan Froman; Matthew Walser; Cindy Prins; Paul Myers; Michael Lauzardo; Jerne Shapiro – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Background: We evaluate the public health surveillance program, Screen, Test, and Protect (STP) designed to control and prevent COVID-19 at a large academic university in the United States. Methods: STP was established at the University of Florida in May 2020. This report details STP's full-time workforce, centralized database, and testing and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, Colleges
Steven A. Towers; Nigussie B. Gemechu; Nitasha C. Nagaraj; Megan M. Landry; Patrick Beane; Gary A. Sardon Jr.; Emily C. Weiss; Cindy M. Liu; Daniel E. Park; Maliha Aziz; Lynn R. Goldman; Amita N. Vyas; Karen A. McDonnell; Amanda D. Castel – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The George Washington University (GW) in Washington, D.C., USA established the Public Health Laboratory and Campus COVID-19 Support Team (CCST) to develop and implement its SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing and outbreak response for the 2020-2021 academic year. Participants and Methods: Approximately 4,000 GW members had access to campus…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Private Colleges, College Students, Disease Control
Using Physical Simulations to Motivate the Use of Differential Equations in Models of Disease Spread
Elizabeth G. Arnold; Elizabeth A. Burroughs; Owen Burroughs; Mary Alice Carlson – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
The SIR model is a differential equations based model of the spread of an infectious disease that compartmentalises individuals in a population into one of three states: those who are susceptible to a disease (S), those who are infected and can transmit the disease to others (I), and those who have recovered from the disease and are now immune…
Descriptors: Calculus, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Simulation
Christopher O'Donnell; Katherine Brownlee; Elise Martin; Joe Suyama; Steve Albert; Steven Anderson; Sai Bhatte; Kenyon Bonner; Chad Burton; Micaela Corn; Heather Eng; Bethany Flage; Jay Frerotte; Goundappa K. Balasubramani; Catherine Haggerty; Joel Haight; Lee H. Harrison; Amy Hartman; Thomas Hitter; Wendy C. King; Kate Ledger; Jane W. Marsh; Margaret C. McDonald; Bethany Miga; Kimberly Moses; Anne Newman; Meg Ringler; Mark Roberts; Theresa Sax; Anantha Shekhar; Matthew Sterne; Tyler Tenney; Marian Vanek; Alan Wells; Sally Wenzel; John Williams – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: A small percentage of universities and colleges conducted mass SARS-CoV-2 testing. However, universal testing is resource-intensive, strains national testing capacity, and false negative tests can encourage unsafe behaviors. Participants: A large urban university campus. Methods: Virus control centered on three pillars: mitigation,…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control
Terry L. Rentner; Saud A. Alsulaiman – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for university administrators and health professionals to keep doors open and students safe. Optimistic bias and the Health Belief Model serve as foundations for understanding students' perceived susceptibility and severity for contracting the virus and their perceived benefits…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, COVID-19
Tamara Frances McCollough – ProQuest LLC, 2024
When the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, public safety departments at four-year institutions of higher education in the U.S. were vulnerable. This vulnerability was because of the limited time they had to initiate their pandemic response to help protect their campus communities, and the need to create or revise institutional emergency response…
Descriptors: School Safety, Law Enforcement, COVID-19, Pandemics
Brendalynn Lieberman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Introduction: Sexual health education is crucial in reducing the burden of STIs among young adults. Comprehensive sexuality education can lead to positive risk reduction outcomes, such as delayed initiation of sex, a decreased number of sexual partners and frequency of sex, and increased use of contraceptives. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Sex Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
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
Yuejin Li; Sierra Cary-Brown; Monica Ochapa; Sara Rostampour; Anita Smith Hawkins – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Young adults of age 18-29 years old account for the most COVID-19 cases in the US, and ethnic groups were affected disproportionately. Correctly wearing a face mask remains a critical intervention for COVID-19 mitigation. The study aimed to examine how well Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) residents adhered to mask…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, COVID-19, Pandemics, Hygiene
Understanding Chinese International Students' Perception of Flu Vaccination on U.S. College Campuses
Huixin Deng; Michelle I. Seelig; Léi Y. Sun – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examines Chinese international students' underlying beliefs and overall perception of the flu vaccination to inform effective health promotion efforts on U.S. college campuses. Participants: Data were collected in March 2020. Participants (N = 189) were recruited via email at a southeastern university in the U.S. Methods:…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, College Students, Immunization Programs
James Morris III; Brian Morris; Antwanae Briars – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship, if any, COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders had on mental health outcomes for undergraduate students. Participants: This study was comprised of 138 students, all of which were recruited from a single four-year college in the Midwest. Methods: A pre-/post-test comparative design was…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Undergraduate Students
Quattrone, Filippo; Borghini, Alice; Emdin, Michele; Nuti, Sabina – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide have been deeply affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures. HEIs are environments at high risk of COVID-19 diffusion, due to the high number of people sharing the same environment, and complex to protect, because of the multiple functions present…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Public Health
Jessica Fitts Willoughby; Rebekah L. King; Paula M. Adams – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Background: Important tools in preventing the spread of COVID-19 include contract tracing and adherence to isolation guidelines after a positive diagnosis of COVID-19. This is especially relevant among college students who are often away from support systems at home, living in high-density housing, and may not experience serious symptoms from…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, College Students, COVID-19
