Publications by authors named "Victoria M Beltran"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate a new Sexual Risk Index (SRI) to enhance the use of sexual health questions from the National College Health Assessment (NCHA).
- In Phase 1, the research involved discussions and revisions of initial questionnaire items, followed by a correlation analysis in Phase 2 that refined the index for reliability.
- The findings indicated that most students had low SRI scores, and nontraditional students faced fewer academic challenges; higher SRI scores and lower GPAs correlated with increased academic difficulties, demonstrating the SRI's usefulness in assessing sexual risk-taking.
Challenges exist in the study of social determinants of health (SDH) because of limited comparability of population-based U.S. data on SDH.
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