Transcript Using ACHA-NCHA Data to Guide Your Campus Health Promotion

Using ACHA-NCHA Data to
Guide Your Campus Health
Promotion Efforts
Using the ACHA-National College Health
Assessment to Examine the Health Status
and Health Needs of Your Students
December 1-2, 2006 Las Vegas, NV
Presented by:
Melissa Kenzig, MSPH, CHES
Director, Alice! Health Promotion Program
Health Services at Columbia University
Agenda
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Objectives
Why do the NCHA?
How do you use the NCHA?
Conducting the NCHA – an overview
Using the data to set priorities and
guide health promotion
Examples
Final questions
Objectives
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Contrast the experience of conducting the
ACHA-NCHA at institutions of different
sizes, demographics, and affiliations.
Describe how to utilize ACHA-NCHA
results to determine program goals and
objectives.
Discuss how ACHA-NCHA results can be
used to garner support (financial or
otherwise) for college health programs.
MK’s History with the NCHA
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University of San Francisco, 1998-2003
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8,000 students, private, urban, Jesuit
Conducted the CORE once, NCHA twice
Random sample
Paper-based
Columbia University, 2004-present
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20,000 students, private, urban, Ivy League
Conducted NCHA twice
Entire population
Web-based
Why do the NCHA?
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better understand trends
identify emerging problems
report behavioral norms
identify risk factors to safety and
academic performance
prioritize student health issues
allocate resources for programming
design new programs
evaluate current strategies
How do you use the NCHA?
Evaluate
status/progress
Examine
results
Health
Education
Policy
Changes
Health
Promotion
Initiatives
Implement
plan
Public Health
Planning
Model
Create
plan
Clarify
priorities
Share
successes
Conducting the NCHA
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Prior to implementation
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During implementation
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Approval
Paper vs. web
Sampling
Additional questions
IRB approval
Student communications
Technical support
After implementation
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Analysis
Distribution of results
Prepare for
the survey
Do the
survey
Get the
results from
the survey
Then what?
Comparing your results
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Baselines: National data
Targets: Healthy Campus 2010
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Institutional Priorities
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Comparing Your Results
HC 2010 Objective
NCHA
Question
HC 2010
College
Baseline
HC 2010
Target
CU NCHA
2005
Undergrad
CU
NCHA
2005 MS
Grad
1-1. Increase the
proportion of persons
and college students
with health insurance.
58
83.3%
100%
95.4%
95.7%
19-5/6. Increase the
proportion of college
students who
consume at least five
daily servings of fruit
and vegetables.
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7.4%
25.5%
8.8%
8.3%
44W
N/A
National
UG:
41.9%
National
Grad:
28.3%
N/A
(15%)
43.1%
24.4%
N/A. Decrease the
percentage of
students who report
experiencing
academic impacts as a
result of sleep
difficulties.
Priority Determination Example
Physical Activity
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Who cares? – Physical activity has been shown to:
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Improve cognitive performance
Decrease stress
Improve sleep quality
Increase energy levels
Be important to the CU president
Healthy Campus 2010 Objective: 22-2/3. Increase the
proportion of college students who engage in physical
activity at least 3 days per week that includes moderate
physical activity for at least 30 minutes, or vigorous
physical activity for 20 or more minutes per occasion.
CU
Undergrads
National
Undergrads
CU Grads
National
Grads
HC 2010
Target
43.1%
43.3%
37.7%
28.1%
55%
Experience vs. Impact (Q44):
Columbia
University
Undergrads
Columbia
Undergraduate
Students
Percent of Those Experiencing
Condition with Academic Impact
100
90
80
HIV Infection
Pregnancy (self or partner)
70
Learning Disability
Attention Deficit Disorder
60
Depression/Anxiety
Disorder/Seasonal Affective
Disorder
Sexually Transm itted Disease
Mononucleosis
50
Assault (sexual)
Sleep Difficulties
Relationship Difficulty
Assault (physical)
Eating Disorder/Problem
40
Death of friend/fam ily
Sinus Infection/Ear
Chronic illness
Infection/Bronchitis/ Strep
Chronic pain
Throat
Injury
Drug Use
30
20
Stress
Cold/Flu/Sore throat
Internet Use/ Com puter Gam es
Concern for friend/fam ily
Allergies
Alcohol Use
10
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0
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Percent in Popluation Experiencing Condition
90
100
Goal Setting Example
See http://www.usfca.edu/hps/recommendations.pdf for the full report.
Student Wellness Program Return on
Investment - Loma Linda
Reference: Jim Grizzell, http://www.csupomona.edu/~jvgrizzell/
Moving From Data to Practice
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What are we currently doing to reach our
goal/target?
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What are the evidence-based practices
that could help us reach this goal/target?
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Examine costs/benefits
Literature review
What will we implement?
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Policy/initiative analysis at your institution
Best practices!
How will we measure our progress?
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NCHA
Another survey, focus groups, other…
Final Questions
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What are your institutional and
departmental priorities globally?
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What health issues are most impacting
your students’ success?
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“Let me tell you what those priorities have to
do with health…”
Define “success” on your campus
Who are your allies in health promotion
on campus?
Is what you’re doing (or going to do)
mission-driven?
Contact information
Melissa Kenzig, MSPH, CHES
Director, Alice! Health Promotion Program
Health Services at Columbia University
2920 Broadway
Lerner Hall 7th Floor, MC 2608
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-5453
[email protected]
www.health.columbia.edu