E-cigarettes in college: Associations between mental health and e-cigarette use with other substances.

Introduction: College students are a priority population for substance use prevention, and other studies have reported associations between mental health and e-cigarette use. This study described the association of mental health to e-cigarette and other substance use (ECIG+ use) among US college students.

Methods: We used Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 National College Health Assessment data among undergraduate students aged 18-24 years (n=55654) at 138 institutions.

Developing a targeted e-cigarette health communication campaign for college students.

Background: E-cigarette use among college students has increased over the last several years, however, there are few published studies on e-cigarette interventions designed to prevent the initiation and escalation of e-cigarette use and to empower cessation for this population.

Methods: We developed an e-cigarette health communication campaign for a large Midwestern university through collaboration between academic and student service departments. We conducted focus group discussions (7 groups; 4-25 per group; n = 98) to (a) understand the context of e-cigarette use on campus and (b) solicit feedback on sample messaging.

A health risk assessment and early alcohol intervention program for non-mandated students.

Objective: We examined the effects of a two-part intervention including an online health risk assessment with personalized feedback and a brief in-person alcohol intervention for high-risk students.

Participants: Participants were 1,987 sophomore students, with 259 completing the alcohol intervention and 91 completing all follow-up surveys.

Methods: Students were invited to take an initial online health assessment covering a range of health behaviors and subsequent 3-month follow-up survey.

Economic Abuse: A Subtle but Common Form of Power and Control.

Awareness of and responses to intimate partner violence against women (IPV-W) have been increasing steadily since the early 1970s. However, one of the most frequently used and effective strategies by abusive partners, economic abuse (EA), has received much less attention than physical or sexual abuse. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with IPV-W service users ( = 15) and providers ( = 24) in England to expand the knowledge-base and provide support regarding the reality and impact of EA, the economic barriers and supports experienced when trying to obtain help, and recommendations for remediating EA.

Survive or thrive? Becoming a successful value-based enterprise.

Health systems should examine their current value competencies, assess their potential viability in a value-based environment, and prepare to redesign care delivery as needed. To flourish, value-based enterprises should be optimally integrated, scaled, rationalized, informed, and responsive. The process of becoming a value-based enterprise begins with assessing organizational readiness across five domains.