ERIC Number: EJ1438265
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
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Health Beliefs of Emerging Adults: How Colleges May Enhance Student Health Literacy and Co-Produce Healthy Outcomes
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, v72 n7 p2083-2089 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 States participated in this study. Methods: A cross-sectional survey assessment of shared beliefs around health behaviors was conducted. Results: Areas of high consensus center around knowledge of positive health behaviors. Consensus lessens as participants are faced with statements that require more independent thinking, more information, and more subjectivity. Gender differences are also prevalent. Conclusions: Exercising agency is needed when making a commitment to one health choice vs. another. Agency in emerging adulthood has been found to be positively correlated with commitment and deliberate decision-making both of which are needed as college students face independent health choices.
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Multiple Literacies, Health Behavior, Gender Differences, Young Adults, On Campus Students, Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (DHHS/NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: P20GM103506
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