Health-Related Behaviors and Academic Achievement Among College Students.

Purpose: College students' academic achievement has crucial implications for their future success. Students' health may be a key determinant of academic performance, but more research is needed to understand this relationship.

Design/setting/subjects: Secondary analysis of the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment III pre-COVID-19 Spring 2020 dataset.

An Investigation of COVID-19 Outcomes and College Student Demographics: Results from a National Sample.

Purpose: To assess the effects of COVID-19 on college students and any differential outcomes across collegiate sub-populations towards the beginning of the pandemic.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Fall 2020 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment.

Determinants of perceived health in university employees.

Employee health plays an important role in overall campus health and wellbeing. Therefore, this research explored the physical, mental, and environmental determinants of perceived health in employees of higher education. 422 full-time employees from one university took the American College Health Association National Faculty and Staff Health Assessment (NFSHA) online in April 2021.

Prevalence of Physical Activity Requirements Among US Colleges/Universities Participating in the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment II.

Physical activity requirements (PAR; ie, courses required for graduation) have been proposed as a policy solution for increasing undergraduate physical activity. This study aimed to report prevalence of PAR among US colleges/universities participating in the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) and to understand whether these requirements were associated with campus characteristics. Data from the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment II serial cross-sectional survey (2015-2019) were merged with researcher coded variables (2019): binary PAR status, nature of PAR (activity-based, conceptual, or combination), and number of courses required to fulfill the PAR.

Associations Between College/University Physical Activity Requirements and Student Physical Activity.

Most U.S. college students do not meet physical activity guidelines.

Associations between college/university campus characteristics and student body mass index.

Background: Campus environments are associated with undergraduate weight. However, few studies have examined campus type and geographic location in relation to student weight. This article aimed to identify college/university students with elevated BMIs by campus type and region.

The development of the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment III: An improved tool to assess and enhance the health and well-being of college students.

This article describes the development of the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment III (ACHA-NCHA III), a widely used comprehensive survey that assesses college students' health behaviors and outcomes at the institutional and national levels. Only the second major revision since the ACHA-NCHA was established in 2000, the ACHA-NCHA III launched in Fall of 2019. Background on the purpose and history of the ACHA-NCHA will first be provided.

More Than Inconvenienced: The Unique Needs of U.S. College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

U.S. college students are a distinct population facing major challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Integrated primary care behavioral health services in college health: Results from a national survey of health center administrators.

The present study investigates the organization of primary care behavioral health within student health centers and assesses the relationship between organizational structure and practice integration among physical and mental health services. We collaborated with the American College Health Association to distribute a 54 item survey to representatives of each ACHA member institution. A total of 189 (26.

Universities' experience with mumps outbreak response and use of a third dose of MMR vaccine.

During January 2016-June 2017, 75 mumps outbreaks occurred in US universities, despite high vaccine coverage among students. We evaluated universities' experiences with mumps outbreaks to inform policy deliberations on use of a third dose of MMR vaccine and CDC guidance. : American College Health Association members in September 2017.

Exposing Baccalaureate Nursing Students to Transitional Care.

Management and facilitation of care transitions from hospital to alternative settings requires skill and attention to avoid adverse events. Several interprofessional organizations and nurse leaders have called for the expansion and redesign of undergraduate nursing curricula to include care transitions. Yet there is little evidence describing how undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students are educated on this critical topic or how successful they are in improving student knowledge about care transitions.

The effect of telemonitoring at home on quality of life and self-care behaviors of patients with heart failure.

Heart failure (HF) is a costly chronic disease that affects 5.7 million people in the United States. Home healthcare agencies are implementing initiatives to reduce hospitalizations and manage HF patients at home.

Combined intralesional Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and topical imiquimod for in-transit melanoma.

The introduction of numerous immunotherapeutic agents into the clinical arena has allowed the long-time promise of immunotherapy to begin to become reality. Intralesional immunotherapy has demonstrated activity in multiple tumor types, and as the number of locally applicable agents has increased, so has the opportunity for therapeutic combinations. Both intralesional Bacille Calmette-Guérin (ILBCG) and topical 5% imiquimod cream have been used as single agents for the treatment of dermal/subcutaneous lymphatic metastases or in-transit melanoma, but the combination has not previously been reported.

Waterpipe smoking among U.S. university students.

Introduction: While cigarette use is declining, smoking tobacco with a waterpipe is an emerging trend. We aimed to determine the prevalence of waterpipe use in a large diverse sample of U.S.

Sexual and substance use behaviors of college students with disabilities.

Objectives: To identify the substance use and the sexual behaviors of college students with disabilities.

Methods: A secondary data analysis was conducted of the spring 2009 administration of the ACHA-NCHA II.

Results: College students with disabilities tended to be 24 or more years old; of an ethnic minority; and bisexual, gay, or lesbian.

The State of the union: sexual health disparities in a national sample of US college students.

Objective: To examine sexual health disparities between blacks and whites in a national sample of US college students. PARTICIPANTS AND METHOD SUMMARY: Analyses utilized secondary data from 44,165 nonmarried undergraduates (aged 18-24; M = 20.1) responding to the Spring 2007 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment; 64% were female and 94.

Effect of granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor on vaccination with an allogeneic whole-cell melanoma vaccine.

Purpose: The availability of a variety of immune response modifiers creates an opportunity for improved efficacy of immunotherapy, but it also leads to uncertainty in how to combine agents and how to assess those combinations. We sought to assess the effect of the addition of granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to vaccination with a melanoma vaccine.

Experimental Design: Ninety-seven patients with resected melanoma (stage II-IV) were enrolled, stratified by stage, and randomized to receive a cellular melanoma vaccine with or without GM-CSF.