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Direct linkLauren Kendall Graham; Sarah B. Maness; Beth Sundstrom – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore contraceptive awareness among college women in the Southeast United States. This study sheds light on the gaps in contraceptive use found in college women and can be used to improve educational interventions on college campuses. Participants: College-age women ages 18-25 completed in-depth…
Descriptors: Females, Contraception, College Students, Knowledge Level
Priyanga Chandrasekaran; Priyadharshini Ragavane; Bhargavi K.; Vikneshan Murugaboopathy; Senthil Murugappan – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Collaborative learning is an engaging approach that brings individuals together to achieve common educational goals. This study explores the effectiveness of Dentamatics, an innovative interactive board game, in enhancing oral health knowledge among children. Twelve children participated in the study, playing the game after obtaining consent from…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Cooperative Learning, Program Effectiveness, Dental Health
Subi Gandhi; Katrina Hinson; Viraj Gandhi; Sushma Sharma – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: This study examined the prevalence, patterns, and knowledge of Energy Drink (ED) consumption among undergraduate students. Participants: Participants included students (n = 373) attending a medium-sized rural university in Texas. Methods: Students were surveyed anonymously using convenience sampling and a cross-sectional design with 15…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Stimulants, Drug Use, Eating Habits
Chinelo Orji; Carolyn M. Brown; Jamie Barner; Leticia Moczygemba; Daisy Morales-Campos – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Purpose: To determine college students' intentions to be Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinated. Methods: The study was comprised of college students aged 18-45 years. A survey was developed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The significance of the TPB constructs--attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control--and an…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Intention, College Students
Brown, Devin L.; Cowdery, Joan E. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: We examined clinical trial knowledge and attitudes, and their relationship with willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials, and willingness to accept a COVID-19 vaccine among college students. Participants: 331 undergraduates: mean age 25; 72% women; and 78% white. Methods: We administered an online, anonymous survey to…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Immunization Programs, Student Participation
Ahauve Orusa; Amy Wahlquist; Delaney Lawson; Ossama Riaz; Jacob Mitchell; Yordanos Tafesse; Sam Pettyjohn – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has provided the general public with an understanding of scientific processes and health systems surrounding vaccination in real-time. This report assesses responses of college students in a regional university to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors (KAB)…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
Katz, Sherri Jean; Cohen, Elisia L.; Kinzer, Hannah T. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Vaping rates among college students have been increasing significantly in recent years, due in large part to the diffusion of pod vaping devices (i.e., JUUL, Suorin) on American college campuses. In this study, we explore the ecological system of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in regards to this trend. Participants: Participants…
Descriptors: Smoking, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
José Alonso Cabriales; Nora Hernandez; Thom Taylor; Theodore V. Cooper – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study assessed changes (in relation to smoking status) in tobacco use, attitudes toward TFC policies, and tobacco use risk knowledge by applying a three Wave repeated cross-sectional assessment. Participants: Participants were students at Wave 1 (n = 2,169), Wave 2 (n = 2,576), and Wave 3 (n = 2,169) and faculty at Wave 1 (n =…
Descriptors: Smoking, College Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Ana Pegado; Magda Sofia Roberto; Rita Luz; Catarina Pereira; Maria-João Alvarez – SAGE Open, 2025
Poor sleep negatively influences college students' health and school performance. Sleep and the behaviors that take place during the day are interrelated; as such, the aim of this work was to investigate the psycho-social-environmental factors in college life that may affect students' sleep, using a mixed-method approach, with a view to informing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sleep, Student Attitudes, Barriers
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
Gülendam Karadag; Dilek Bilgiç; Nuray Öztürk; Tugba Özdemir – European Journal of Education, 2025
Health literacy is important for maintaining healthy diets and lifestyles. This study examined the relationship between nutrition literacy and healthy life skills of university students. This study was a descriptive and correlational design. The students' Food and Nutrition Literacy Scale knowledge sub-dimension mean score was found to be 10.30 ±…
Descriptors: College Students, Multiple Literacies, Health, Nutrition
Verna DeLauer; Andrea McGill-O'Rourke; Angela Ekwonye; Carissa Gordon; Natalie Hamilton; Patrick Gagne; Alicia Heyer; Erin Wallace; Kathryn Macksoud; Corinne Pierce; Ryan Desruisseaux – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Health literacy is important while attending a residential college where daily decisions can impact one's physical and mental health and knowing who or what to trust for information is of the utmost importance in claiming more decision-making autonomy. Participants: A total of 189 students at a University in the Northeastern United…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Multiple Literacies, Health Behavior, Gender Differences
Stacey B. Griner; Jason W. Beckstead; Cheryl A. Vamos; Joseph A. Puccio; Kay Perrin; Ellen M. Daley – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To identify theory-based innovation characteristics associated with the adoption of consumer-based self-sampling methods for sexually transmitted infection screening. Participants: Guided by the Diffusion of Innovation, survey data from people assigned female at birth (AFAB) (n = 92) were analyzed. Methods: Forward regression models and…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Screening Tests, Females, Individual Characteristics
Download full textKailing Chen; Zhihong Lin; Isabelle do Prado; Zahra Mohammad; Karla M. Acosta; Sujata A. Sirsat – Journal of Extension, 2024
This study investigates college students' current food safety knowledge and food-handling perceptions and utilized an online survey which designed based on previous studies as method. The questionnaire measured respondents' food safety knowledge and perception, and were divided into knowledge, attitudes and perception categories. The results show…
Descriptors: College Students, Food, Safety, Student Attitudes
Ulrich, Angela K.; McKearnan, Shannon B.; Lammert, Sara; Wolfson, Julian; Pletcher, Jonathan; Halloran, M. Elizabeth; Basta, Nicole E. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
After an outbreak of meningococcal B (MenB) disease at a university, we surveyed students regarding their vaccination status 2 months and 20 months after campus-led vaccination campaigns and compared students' self-report to vaccination records. Nearly all participants accurately reported the number of vaccine doses at both visits. Among those who…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Health Behavior, College Students, Immunization Programs
