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Direct linkChristopher 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
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
Janet R. Heller; Nigel M. Thomas; Elyse S. Gruttadauria; Stacia M. Reader; Ariel L. Sarmiento – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To promote influenza vaccine acceptance among community college students during the Fall 2020 semester to reduce the incidence of a "twin-demic" occurring of influenza and COVID-19. Participants: A convenience sample of 185 students enrolled in an entry level health course. Methods: Non-experimental cross-sectional design that…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Microbiology, Immunization Programs, Disease Control
Kristina M. Angelo; Kaitlyn Ciampaglio; Julie Richards; Anjali Silva; Catherine Ebelke; Gerard T. Flaherty; Gary Brunette; Sarah Kohl – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
Background: Knowledge of specific health-related events encountered by students studying abroad and the availability and use of pre-travel healthcare for these students is lacking. Methods: Anonymous web-based questionnaires were sent to study abroad offices, student health centers, and undergraduate students after studying abroad at eight…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Study Abroad, Health Services, Student Attitudes
Sienkiewicz, Laura; Thomas, Yazmine; Reynoso, Alyssa; Munson, Erik – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of four sexually-transmitted infection (STI) agents among university students. Participants: A total of 1744 Milwaukee, Wisconsin metropolitan area student encounters at two university health clinics. Methods: Following consent, participants completed an eight-item demographic and…
Descriptors: Incidence, Clinical Diagnosis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, College Students
Download full textTuran, Numan; Tekin, Isil – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
The present research emphasizes the role of learning in response changes to infection threats and suggests a new instrument. This preliminary study aims to develop a brief tool (SITS: Sensitivity to Infection Threats Scale) that measures individuals' health sensitivity to infection threats. The present research utilized the Brief Symptom…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Responses, Disease Control, Health Behavior
Hannah 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
Whisnant, Joanna; Martin-Kerry, Jacqueline; Flett, Lydia; Knapp, Peter – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To identify predictors of meningococcal vaccine uptake among university and college students, the most common carriers of meningococcal disease. Participants: University or college students aged 18 to 25 years. Methods: Multiple databases, citations, and gray literature were systematically searched in April 2017 and January 2019, for…
Descriptors: College Students, Immunization Programs, Disease Control, Communicable Diseases
Karki, Ishu; Dobbs, Page D.; Larson, Daniel; Maness, Sarah B. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine, college student's beliefs toward HPV, and HPV vaccine uptake between US and international college students studying in the US. Participants: The study was conducted using a sample (N = 588) of college students from a university in the…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, College Students, Beliefs, Student Attitudes
Colleen B. Mistler; Christie I. Idiong – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College students, particularly first-year students, are at risk for alcohol misuse and alcohol-related consequences (e.g., condomless sex). Our objective was to determine if first- and second-year students were more or less likely to report any act of condomless sex under the influence of alcohol than third- and fourth-year students.…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior, Drinking
Maatouk, Ismael; Assi, Moubadda; Jaspal, Rusi – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The present study focuses on factors that predict sexual risk behaviors and sexual health screening behaviors in a sample of university students in Lebanon. Participants: A convenience sample of 250 undergraduate students was recruited at a private university in Beirut, Lebanon. Methods: Students completed measures of religiosity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Risk, Health Behavior
Cook, Amanda C.; Reisling, Alannah – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To determine the impact of fraternity and sorority membership on condom use during sex. Methods: Utilizing data from The American College Health Association (ACHA) National College Health Assessment from 2016-2018, we estimated a linear probability, logistic, and instrumental variable model to determine the relationship between…
Descriptors: Fraternities, Sororities, Sexuality, Contraception
Edlin Garcia Colato; Molly Rosenberg; Christina Ludema; Sina Kianersi; Maya Luetke; Jonathan T. Macy – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This longitudinal study tested the relationship between cigarette and e-cigarette use and SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion among US college students. Participants: Undergraduate students (n = 764), drawn from a randomly selected invitation-only pool from a large Midwestern university, that were initially negative for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and…
Descriptors: Smoking, COVID-19, Health Behavior, Human Body
Su, Zhaohui; Chen, Yen Tzu – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Influenza attack rates among college students are high. However, little is known about the determinants of students' flu vaccine adoption from their own perspectives. To fill this gap, this study aims to investigate barriers and facilitators to college students' flu vaccine adoption. Methods: A total of 545 students offered complete…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Immunization Programs, Health Behavior, Barriers
Hall, Carrie Ann; Skelly, Christy; Marc, Nancy; Risko, Judy – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: College student populations are considered at greater risk of contracting influenza due to their close living conditions. Despite this increased risk, college students are reluctant to obtain annual vaccination. This pilot study sought to determine perceptions of students on a college campus who received the annual influenza vaccination…
Descriptors: College Students, Immunization Programs, Communicable Diseases, Student Attitudes
