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Health Behaviors Assessment
Facilitating Student Success
WHAT IS THE HBA?
The HBA is an Internet-based self-reporting
instrument that measures three areas of
health behavior: eating behavior, physical
activity, and personal management skill.
A TOOL FOR ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, OUTCOME
Relationship of Health Behavior with
Student Success Outcome
Eating Behavior
 It is used to provide an individual student
assessment and target potential behaviors
for positive change.
 The HBA is useful as a screening device
to identify the needs of student cohorts and
assist institutional planning activities.
 The HBA also includes a measure that
indicates student awareness and readiness
to make personal improvements.
 Since the HBA measures specific
behaviors, anchored by a time dimension, it
can evaluate individual and group changes.
 The HBA has been developed by
sampling over 2,200 students. An additional
260 students have received pre-test and
post-test evaluations to measure their
progress after interventions.
Alcohol
Consumption
- .21
Personal
Management Skill
Baseline Health Behaviors of
College Freshmen: Physical Activity
.19
77.8%
General Physical
Activity
- .21
20.4%
1.7%
GPA
.16
45.9%
Stretching/
Flexibility
18.1%
36.0%
.44
.13
42.7%
- .14
Physical Activity
.16
- .14
Strength Training
Life
Satisfaction
15.8%
41.4%
0%
BMI
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Percent of 1,286 College Freshmen
Regression coefficients of health behavior variables for each
predictors (GPA, Life Satisfaction); Significant at alpha=.05
Meeting recommendation
Close, but not yet meeting recommendation
Not meeting recommendation
The HBA has been used as an assessment and evaluation tool for interventions and outcome
research. Examples are:
 A peer-mentored intervention to improve personal health enhancement of college freshmen
has demonstrated significant improvements on 14 out of 19 HBA variables as compared to an
education only intervention.
 Research establishing how health behaviors of college students are associated with their
academic success outcomes.
 Normative HBA profiles have been developed of baseline health behaviors among college
freshmen at their first semester (N=1,286).
HOW DO STUDENTS LEARN FROM THE HBA?
 Upon completion of the inventory, the
student receives immediate feedback on an
individual profile. The individual profile
feedback compares the student’s results with
established criterion standards into three
possible categories:
- Meeting recommendation
- Close, but not meeting recommendation
- Not meeting recommendation
 Follow-up resources include classroom
healthy behavior presentation, resource
website, and individualized intervention.
HBA Profile Example
II. Eating Behavior
Category - Foods that
should be consumed often
Meeting
recommendation
Close, but not
meeting
recommendation
√
Fruits and Vegetables
√√
Whole Grains
Low-Fat or Fat-Free Dairy
Category - Foods to use in
moderation or sparingly
√√√
Low
Consumption
Moderate
Consumption
High
Consumption
√√
High Fat Foods
Caffeinated Beverage
Not meeting
recommendation
√√√
Regular Pop/Soda
√
Sweetened Beverage
√
Alcoholic Beverage
√√√
K-CAT is a non-profit organization that distributes instruments designed to provide
screening, feedback, diagnostic input, and outcome evaluation for specific areas of
student performance. For more information,
visit www.k-cat.org or call 785.532.3875