students

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Summary: Individuals enrolled in a school or formal educational program.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Stress and suicidal ideas in adolescent students in Chandigarh
    Priti Arun
    Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
    Indian J Med Sci 63:281-7. 2009
  2. ncbi Personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school
    Anna Timperio
    Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, and The Children s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Am J Prev Med 30:45-51. 2006
  3. ncbi Cohort profile: The Thai Cohort of 87,134 Open University students
    Adrian C Sleigh
    National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    Int J Epidemiol 37:266-72. 2008
  4. ncbi Prevalence of internet addiction and comparison of internet addicts and non-addicts in Iranian high schools
    Lily Ghassemzadeh
    Tarbiat Moallem University, Tehran, Iran
    Cyberpsychol Behav 11:731-3. 2008
  5. ncbi Binge drinking and associated health risk behaviors among high school students
    Jacqueline W Miller
    Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Mailstop K 55, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Pediatrics 119:76-85. 2007
  6. ncbi Early age of first drunkenness as a factor in college students' unplanned and unprotected sex attributable to drinking
    Ralph Hingson
    Boston University School of Public Health Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Pediatrics 111:34-41. 2003
  7. ncbi Proposed diagnostic criteria and the screening and diagnosing tool of Internet addiction in college students
    Chih Hung Ko
    Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Compr Psychiatry 50:378-84. 2009
  8. ncbi Smoking among university students: a gender analysis
    Ahmed Mandil
    Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    J Infect Public Health 3:179-87. 2010
  9. ncbi Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic period
    Jae Hyun Park
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
    BMC Infect Dis 10:222. 2010
  10. ncbi An observational study of how young people search for online sexual health information
    Eric R Buhi
    Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
    J Am Coll Health 58:101-11. 2009

Research Grants

  1. Determinants of Maternal and Child Health in India
    Sonalde Desai; Fiscal Year: 2006
  2. DYNAMICS OF FAMILY WELL-BEING DURING ECONOMIC CRISIS
    John Strauss; Fiscal Year: 2002
  3. FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH OUTCOMES IN SOUTH AFRICA
    David Lam; Fiscal Year: 2005
  4. Health, Environment and Social Structure in India
    REEVE VANNEMAN; Fiscal Year: 2005
  5. PREPARE: Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program and Retention Enhancement
    JAMBOOR VISHWANATHA; Fiscal Year: 2007
  6. Female Anti-Problem Drinking Group & Campus Initiatives
    Joseph LaBrie; Fiscal Year: 2006
  7. Evaluating Alternative Retinopathy Screening Approaches
    CHARLES BASCH; Fiscal Year: 2007
  8. Internet as Supplier: Preventing Adolescent Use of Non-Medical Addictive Rx
    Amelia M Arria; Fiscal Year: 2010
  9. TAILORED COMMUNICATIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING
    CHARLES BASCH; Fiscal Year: 2003
  10. The Natural History and Consequences of Ecstasy Use
    Amelia Arria; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications212 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Stress and suicidal ideas in adolescent students in Chandigarh
    Priti Arun
    Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
    Indian J Med Sci 63:281-7. 2009
    School students in India have a high stress level and high rate of deliberate self-harm...
  2. ncbi Personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school
    Anna Timperio
    Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, and The Children s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Am J Prev Med 30:45-51. 2006
    ..The purpose of this study was to examine personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school among children...
  3. ncbi Cohort profile: The Thai Cohort of 87,134 Open University students
    Adrian C Sleigh
    National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    Int J Epidemiol 37:266-72. 2008
  4. ncbi Prevalence of internet addiction and comparison of internet addicts and non-addicts in Iranian high schools
    Lily Ghassemzadeh
    Tarbiat Moallem University, Tehran, Iran
    Cyberpsychol Behav 11:731-3. 2008
    In this study, 1968 high-school students were selected randomly through clustering, who responded to the Persian version of four measures: the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), UCLA Loneliness Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Matson ..
  5. ncbi Binge drinking and associated health risk behaviors among high school students
    Jacqueline W Miller
    Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Mailstop K 55, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Pediatrics 119:76-85. 2007
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  6. ncbi Early age of first drunkenness as a factor in college students' unplanned and unprotected sex attributable to drinking
    Ralph Hingson
    Boston University School of Public Health Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Pediatrics 111:34-41. 2003
    ..This study explores whether first getting drunk at a younger age is associated with a greater likelihood of college students reporting that they had unplanned or unprotected sexual intercourse because of their drinking.
  7. ncbi Proposed diagnostic criteria and the screening and diagnosing tool of Internet addiction in college students
    Chih Hung Ko
    Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Compr Psychiatry 50:378-84. 2009
    The aims of this study were to develop diagnostic criteria of Internet addiction for college students (DC-IA-C) with diagnostic interviews and to establish the optimal cutoff points of the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS) for the ..
  8. ncbi Smoking among university students: a gender analysis
    Ahmed Mandil
    Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    J Infect Public Health 3:179-87. 2010
    ..paper were to estimate the consumption patterns of tobacco use among King Saud University (KSU) undergraduate students; and investigate different risk factors which may contribute to tobacco use among female students...
  9. ncbi Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic period
    Jae Hyun Park
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
    BMC Infect Dis 10:222. 2010
    ..This study was performed to better assess the perceptions, motivating factors, and behaviors associated with the use of hand washing to prevent H1N1 influenza transmission during the peak pandemic period in Korea...
  10. ncbi An observational study of how young people search for online sexual health information
    Eric R Buhi
    Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
    J Am Coll Health 58:101-11. 2009
    ..Little is known about the quality of online sexual health information, how young people access the Internet to answer their sexual health questions, or an individual's ability to sort through myriad sources for accurate information...
  11. ncbi Active school transportation in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada: an exploration of trends in space and time (1986-2006)
    Ron N Buliung
    Department of Geography, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road N, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
    Prev Med 48:507-12. 2009
    ..This study describes temporal and spatial trends in active transportation for school trips in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada's largest city-region...
  12. ncbi Internet addiction among Greek adolescent students
    Konstantinos E Siomos
    Psychiatric Unit, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
    Cyberpsychol Behav 11:653-7. 2008
    This research aimed to assess the prevalence of Internet addiction among Greek adolescent students, ages 12 to 18. The sample of 2,200 students was recruited from 120 classes among 85 schools in Thessaly, Greece...
  13. ncbi Prevalence of pathological Internet use among university students and correlations with self-esteem, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and disinhibition
    Katie Niemz
    Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    Cyberpsychol Behav 8:562-70. 2005
    ..common findings in the literature and provide more evidence for the existence of Internet addiction among students--a population considered to be especially vulnerable...
  14. ncbi Absolute pitch among American and Chinese conservatory students: prevalence differences, and evidence for a speech-related critical period
    Diana Deutsch
    Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    J Acoust Soc Am 119:719-22. 2006
    ..Music conservatory students in the U.S. and China were tested...
  15. ncbi Randomized controlled trial of proactive web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention for university students
    Kypros Kypri
    School of Medicine and Public Health, David Maddison Clinical Sciences Bldg, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
    Arch Intern Med 169:1508-14. 2009
    University students drink more heavily than their nonstudent peers and are often unaware that their drinking is risky and exceeds normative levels...
  16. ncbi Internet addiction and psychiatric symptoms among Korean adolescents
    Keum Seong Jang
    College of Nursing, Chonam National University, Chonam Research Institute of Nursing Science, 5 Hak dong, Dong Gu, Gwangju 501 746, Republic of Korea
    J Sch Health 78:165-71. 2008
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  17. ncbi Curbing problem drinking with personalized-feedback interventions: a meta-analysis
    Heleen Riper
    Innovation Centre of Mental Health and Technology, Trimbos Institute Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Am J Prev Med 36:247-55. 2009
    ..A meta-analysis was performed to examine the overall effectiveness of brief, single-session personalized-feedback interventions without therapeutic guidance...
  18. ncbi Mental health problems and help-seeking behavior among college students
    Justin Hunt
    Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
    J Adolesc Health 46:3-10. 2010
    Mental disorders are as prevalent among college students as same-aged non-students, and these disorders appear to be increasing in number and severity...
  19. ncbi Modeling seasonal influenza outbreak in a closed college campus: impact of pre-season vaccination, in-season vaccination and holidays/breaks
    Kristin L Nichol
    Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e9548. 2010
    College and university students experience substantial morbidity from influenza and influenza-like illness, and they can benefit substantially from vaccination...
  20. ncbi Dirt cheap and without prescription: how susceptible are young US consumers to purchasing drugs from rogue internet pharmacies?
    Lana Ivanitskaya
    The Herbert H and Grace A Dow College of Health Professions, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
    J Med Internet Res 12:e11. 2010
    ..This study examined how well students enrolled in a U.S. higher education institution could identify clearly unsafe pharmacies.
  21. ncbi Is the health and wellbeing of university students associated with their academic performance? Cross sectional findings from the United Kingdom
    Walid El Ansari
    Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:509-27. 2010
    ..the associations between health awareness, health behaviour, subjective health status, and satisfaction of students with their educational experience as independent variables and three outcomes of educational achievement as ..
  22. ncbi Energy-drink consumption in college students and associated factors
    Sema Attila
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
    Nutrition 27:316-22. 2011
    To investigate the frequency of energy-drink consumption and associated factors in a group of college students.
  23. ncbi Web-based screening and brief intervention for hazardous drinking: a double-blind randomized controlled trial
    Kypros Kypri
    Injury Prevention Research Unit, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Addiction 99:1410-7. 2004
    ..However, problems have been highlighted with respect to its implementation in health-care systems, not least of which is a reluctance of some doctors to discuss alcohol proactively with their patients...
  24. ncbi Population-based study of asymptomatic infection with Chlamydia trachomatis among female and male students
    Hirohisa Imai
    Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, Wako Shi, Saitama 351 0197, Japan
    Int J STD AIDS 21:362-6. 2010
    There are few epidemiological studies of asymptomatic chlamydial infection among students in non-medical settings with minimal bias and improved accuracy; thus, useful data from screening among students are limited...
  25. ncbi Lifestyle risk factors of students: a cluster analytical approach
    Lorna J Dodd
    Department of Psychology and Counselling, Newman University College, Genners Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, B32 3NT, United Kingdom
    Prev Med 51:73-7. 2010
    Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours have been identified as a problem amongst students. This present study investigated the prevalence and clustering of five lifestyle risk factors within a UK Higher Education (HE) institution during the ..
  26. ncbi Household effects of school closure during pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Pennsylvania, USA
    Thomas L Gift
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 16:1315-7. 2010
    ..b>Students spent 77% of the closure days at home, 69% of students visited at least 1 other location, and 79% of households ..
  27. ncbi Repeated measures of recent headache, neck and upper back pain in Australian adolescents
    K Grimmer
    Centre for Allied Health Evidence, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
    Cephalalgia 26:843-51. 2006
    ..Commencing in 1999, we followed a cohort of South Australian students through 5 years of secondary schooling...
  28. ncbi Drinking and alcohol-related harm among New Zealand university students: findings from a national Web-based survey
    Kypros Kypri
    School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 33:307-14. 2009
    Alcohol-related harm is pervasive among college students in the United States of America and Canada, where a third to half of undergraduates binge drink at least fortnightly. There have been no national studies outside North America...
  29. ncbi Bullying, psychosocial adjustment, and academic performance in elementary school
    Gwen M Glew
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:1026-31. 2005
    ..However, no large studies in the United States have examined the prevalence of bullying during elementary school or its association with objective measures of school attendance and achievement...
  30. ncbi Normative beliefs, misperceptions, and heavy episodic drinking in a british student sample
    John McAlaney
    School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley, Paisley, Scotland, UK
    J Stud Alcohol Drugs 68:385-92. 2007
    ..S. college system. The aim of the current study, therefore, was to investigate heavy episodic drinking and normative misperceptions in a U.K. university setting...
  31. ncbi School bullying and tackling strategies in Hong Kong
    Dennis S W Wong
    Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 48:537-53. 2004
    ..Other than suppressive tactics, adopting a comprehensive antibullying strategy such as assisting students to develop adequate self-competency, strong social skills, and good relationships with parents and teachers seems ..
  32. ncbi An interactive web-based method of outreach to college students at risk for suicide
    Ann Haas
    American Foundation for Suicide Prevention AFSP, New York, NY 10005, USA
    J Am Coll Health 57:15-22. 2008
    From 2002 to 2005, the authors tested an interactive, Web-based method to encourage college students at risk for suicide to seek treatment.
  33. ncbi Beliefs and attitudes related to narghile (waterpipe) smoking among university students in Syria
    Wasim Maziak
    Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Muenster, Germany
    Ann Epidemiol 14:646-54. 2004
    ..To assess the beliefs and attitudes related to narghile (waterpipe) smoking that are likely to contribute to its increased popularity among young people in Syria...
  34. ncbi A survey of energy drink consumption patterns among college students
    Brenda M Malinauskas
    Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
    Nutr J 6:35. 2007
    ..young adult consumers, there has been little research regarding energy drink consumption patterns among college students in the United States...
  35. ncbi Bullying behaviors among US youth: prevalence and association with psychosocial adjustment
    T R Nansel
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd, Room 7B05, MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
    JAMA 285:2094-100. 2001
    ..Although violence among US youth is a current major concern, bullying is infrequently addressed and no national data on the prevalence of bullying are available...
  36. ncbi Effects of Tai Chi exercise on physical and mental health of college students
    Yong Tai Wang
    Department of Physical Therapy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Am J Chin Med 32:453-9. 2004
    ..The purpose of this pilot study is to examine the effects of Tai Chi Quan, a body-mind harmony exercise, on college students' perceptions of their physical and mental health...
  37. ncbi Observed sex differences in fast-food consumption and nutrition self-assessments and beliefs of college students
    Kristin L Morse
    Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583 0806, USA
    Nutr Res 29:173-9. 2009
    Americans frequently eat fast foods, but do college students? The objective was to determine the influence of sex on fast-food consumption and nutrition self-assessments and beliefs of a group of college students...
  38. ncbi The relationship between life satisfaction and health behavior: a cross-cultural analysis of young adults
    Nina Grant
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
    Int J Behav Med 16:259-68. 2009
    ..Positive well-being has been associated with a range of favorable health outcomes. The contribution of health-promoting behaviors is unclear...
  39. ncbi Development of a Web-based alcohol intervention for university students: processes and challenges
    Jonathan Hallett
    WA Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 28:31-9. 2009
    ..We describe the process of developing and implementing an electronic screening and brief intervention in a large university population...
  40. ncbi Prevalence of pediculosis capitis among schoolchildren in Greece and risk factors: a questionnaire survey
    Vladeni Soultana
    Dermatology Clinic, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece
    Pediatr Dermatol 26:701-5. 2009
    ..The number of family members was correlated positively with the risk of being infected with pediculosis at least once. The children's gender, their age, and family size were correlated with the risk of infection...
  41. ncbi Correlates of cigarette smoking among male college students in Karachi, Pakistan
    Shafquat Rozi
    Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan
    BMC Public Health 7:312. 2007
    ..Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that might influence their smoking habit. Our study aims to assess the influence of factors that encourage college students to smoke cigarettes.
  42. ncbi School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth: a contemporary review
    Christopher A Kearney
    Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154 5030, USA
    Clin Psychol Rev 28:451-71. 2008
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  43. ncbi The nature of adolescents' relationships with their "very important" nonparental adults
    Margaret R Beam
    University of California Irvine, USA
    Am J Community Psychol 30:305-25. 2002
    ..Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed...
  44. ncbi A cohort study among university students: identification of risk factors for Epstein-Barr virus seroconversion and infectious mononucleosis
    Dorothy H Crawford
    Clinical and Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, Edinburgh, EH9 1QH, United Kingdom
    Clin Infect Dis 43:276-82. 2006
    ..A vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is in clinical trials. Up-to-date information on risk factors for EBV infection and infectious mononucleosis (IM) among young adults is required to inform a vaccination strategy...
  45. ncbi A review of studies of sexual behaviour of school students in sub-Saharan Africa
    Sylvia F Kaaya
    Department of Psychiatry, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dares Salaam, Tanzania
    Scand J Public Health 30:148-60. 2002
    This is a review of articles on sexual behaviour of school students in sub-Saharan Africa published between 1987 and 1999. The objective was to describe what is known in this regard and identify gaps in knowledge.
  46. ncbi Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and its relationship with psychological stress status in Chinese university students
    Lei Shen
    Division of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
    J Gastroenterol Hepatol 24:1885-90. 2009
    ..bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder in the West, information on the prevalence of IBS in university students is relatively scant, especially in Asia...
  47. ncbi Factors associated with self-rated health status in university students: a cross-sectional study in three European countries
    Rafael T Mikolajczyk
    Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    BMC Public Health 8:215. 2008
    ..of this study were to assess which candidate variables were independently associated with SRHS in university students, to compare these variables by country and by gender, and to investigate which of the variables was most ..
  48. ncbi Dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviour among Australian secondary students in 2005
    Maree Scully
    Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    Health Promot Int 22:236-45. 2007
    The aim of this study was to provide a current assessment of Australian secondary students' self-reported dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviour...
  49. ncbi Sleep duration and health in young adults
    Andrew Steptoe
    Psychobiology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, England
    Arch Intern Med 166:1689-92. 2006
    ..Both long and short sleep durations have been associated with negative health outcomes in middle-aged and older adults. This study assessed the relationship between sleep duration and self-rated health in young adults...
  50. ncbi The influence of the physical environment and sociodemographic characteristics on children's mode of travel to and from school
    Kristian Larsen
    Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Public Health 99:520-6. 2009
    ..We examined whether certain characteristics of the social and physical environment influence a child's mode of travel between home and school...
  51. ncbi Objectively measured physical activity in urban alternative high school students
    John R Sirard
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:2088-95. 2008
    Alternative high school (AHS) students are an underserved population of youth at greater risk for poor health behaviors and outcomes. Little is known about their physical activity patterns.
  52. ncbi Treating university students with social phobia and public speaking fears: Internet delivered self-help with or without live group exposure sessions
    Maria Tillfors
    Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
    Depress Anxiety 25:708-17. 2008
    ..efficacy of an Internet-based self-help program with minimal therapist contact via e-mail for Swedish university students with social phobia and public speaking fears...
  53. ncbi Prevalence and determinants of genital infection with papillomavirus, in female and male university students in Busan, South Korea
    Hai Rim Shin
    Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang si, Gyeonggi Do, Republic of Korea
    J Infect Dis 190:468-76. 2004
    ..Little is known about the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in young adults in Asia...
  54. ncbi The characteristics of decision making, potential to take risks, and personality of college students with Internet addiction
    Chih Hung Ko
    Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 100 Tzyou 1st Rd Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    Psychiatry Res 175:121-5. 2010
    This study aimed to identify risk factors involved in Internet addiction. A total of 216 college students (132 males and 84 females) were given the following: (a) the diagnostic interview for Internet addiction, (b) the Iowa gambling test ..
  55. ncbi Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in Chinese college and university students assessed using Rome III criteria
    Yan Yan Dong
    Department of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, No 107, Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China
    World J Gastroenterol 16:4221-6. 2010
    To estimate the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in college and university students of North China and certain related factors for IBS.
  56. ncbi Effect of lecturing to 200 students on heart rate variability and alpha-amylase activity
    Edith Filaire
    Laboratoire AMAPP, UFRSTAPS 2, allée du Château, BP 6237, 45062, Orleans Cedex, France
    Eur J Appl Physiol 108:1035-43. 2010
    ..salivary alpha-amylase activity) that occur in professors both to, and after, the delivery of a lecture to 200 students and to determine whether gender is an influencing factor upon response...
  57. ncbi A randomized trial of two promising computer-based interventions for students with attention difficulties
    David L Rabiner
    Center for Child and Family Policy Dept of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 38:131-42. 2010
    ..b>Students receiving either intervention were more likely than controls to show a moderate decline in teacher rated ..
  58. ncbi The adoption of mobile weight management services in a virtual community: the perspective of college students
    Wen Yuan Jen
    Institute of Information and Society, National United University, Maio Li, Taiwan
    Telemed J E Health 16:490-7. 2010
    Obesity among Taiwan college students is increasing every year...
  59. ncbi Effects of energy drinks mixed with alcohol on behavioral control: risks for college students consuming trendy cocktails
    Cecile A Marczinski
    Department of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 35:1282-92. 2011
    ..This experiment was designed to investigate if the consumption of AmED alters neurocognitive and subjective measures of intoxication compared with the consumption of alcohol alone...
  60. ncbi Providing web-based feedback and social norms information to reduce student alcohol intake: a multisite investigation
    Bridgette M Bewick
    Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
    J Med Internet Res 12:e59. 2010
    Unhealthy alcohol use among university students is cause for concern, yet the level of help seeking behavior for alcohol use is low within the student population...
  61. ncbi Perceived factors related to cigarette and waterpipe (ghelyan) initiation and maintenance in university students of Iran
    Hamidreza Roohafza
    Tobacco Control Department, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
    Int J Public Health 56:175-80. 2011
    To investigate the perceived factors leading to cigarette and waterpipe (ghelyan) smoking initiation and maintenance in Iranian university students.
  62. ncbi Pre-teen alcohol use initiation and suicide attempts among middle and high school students: findings from the 2006 Georgia Student Health Survey
    Monica H Swahn
    Institute of Public Health, Partnership for Urban Health Research, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302 3995, USA
    Addict Behav 35:452-8. 2010
    ..Analyses were based on the 2006 Georgia Student Health Survey (N=175,311) of students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12...
  63. ncbi The effectiveness of a school-based substance abuse prevention program: 18-month follow-up of the EU-Dap cluster randomized controlled trial
    Fabrizio Faggiano
    Avogadro University, Via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy
    Drug Alcohol Depend 108:56-64. 2010
    ..To evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based substance abuse prevention program developed in the EU-Dap study (EUropean Drug Addiction Prevention trial)...
  64. ncbi Differences in health complaints among university students from three European countries
    C Stock
    School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Germany
    Prev Med 37:535-43. 2003
    The purpose of this research was to assess the prevalence of somatic and psychosomatic health complaints in a cross-national population of university students and to study risk factors associated with health complaints.
  65. ncbi Tobacco use and related factors among pre-university students in a college in Bangalore, India
    U M Bhojani
    Institute of Public Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
    Natl Med J India 22:294-7. 2009
    Tobacco use imposes a huge burden of disease in India. Most studies on the use of tobacco among students in India have focused on secondary school students with a few studies investigating younger children and university students...
  66. ncbi Non-medical use of prescription stimulants among US college students: prevalence and correlates from a national survey
    Sean Esteban McCabe
    University of Michigan, Substance Abuse Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    Addiction 100:96-106. 2005
    To examine the prevalence rates and correlates of non-medical use of prescription stimulants (Ritalin, Dexedrine or Adderall) among US college students in terms of student and college characteristics.
  67. ncbi How do I look? Body image perceptions among university students from England and Denmark
    Walid El Ansari
    Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:583-95. 2010
    This study examined differences in body image perception between university students in two European countries, United Kingdom and Denmark. A total of 816 British and 548 Danish university students participated in a cross-sectional survey...
  68. ncbi Cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in a population of young students from the National University of Colombia
    John Edwin Feliciano-Alfonso
    División de Lípidos y Diabetes Facultad de Medicina Edificio 471, Ciudad Universitaria Carrera 30 No 45 03 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota D C, Colombia
    Rev Assoc Med Bras 56:293-8. 2010
    ..To estimate prevalence and distribution of cardiovascular risk factors and Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in young individuals admitted to the National University of Colombia in Bogotá...
  69. ncbi The prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers in a cohort of students in Bangui, Central African Republic
    Narcisse P Komas
    Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic
    BMC Infect Dis 10:226. 2010
    ..The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of HBV in apparently healthy young people and to identify the risk factors of transmission of the HBV among this population in Bangui...
  70. ncbi Knowledge and attitudes of university students toward pandemic influenza: a cross-sectional study from Turkey
    Hulya Akan
    Department of Family Medicine, Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Inönü Mahallesi, Kayisdagi Cad, 26 Agustos Yerlesimi, 34755 Kadiköy Istanbul, Turkey
    BMC Public Health 10:413. 2010
    ..Since outbreak management is essential to disease control, we aimed to examine university students' knowledge of and attitudes toward the pandemic influenza A/H1N1 and vaccination and other preventive measures.
  71. ncbi Alternative high school students: prevalence and correlates of overweight
    Martha Y Kubik
    University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Am J Health Behav 33:600-9. 2009
    ..To determine prevalence and correlates of overweight among adolescents attending alternative high schools (AHS)...
  72. ncbi Effect of Pilates and taiji quan training on self-efficacy, sleep quality, mood, and physical performance of college students
    Karen Caldwell
    Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA
    J Bodyw Mov Ther 13:155-63. 2009
    ..There were no changes or group differences in the strength or balance measures. Pilates and taiji quan are effective exercise modes to improve mental parameters in college-age individuals...
  73. ncbi Predicting adolescent profiles of risk: looking beyond demographics
    Janine M Zweig
    The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA
    J Adolesc Health 31:343-53. 2002
    ..To identify vulnerability and protective factors related to profiles of risk encapsulating the co-occurrence of health risk behaviors...
  74. ncbi Use of GHB compounds among college students
    Alvaro Camacho
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0804, USA
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 31:601-7. 2005
    ..The objective of this article is to examine the use of GHB-containing dietary supplements among college students. An anonymous survey was completed at a university health clinic...
  75. ncbi Prevalence of substance use among Iranian high school students
    Jamshid Ahmadi
    Hafez Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 71345-1416, Shiraz, Iran
    Addict Behav 28:375-9. 2003
    AIMS: This study assessed the rate of substance use among Iranian high school students. PARTICIPANTS: 397 high school students (200 girls and 197 boys) were selected randomly and were assessed...
  76. ncbi SCL-90-R and 16PF profiles of senior high school students with excessive internet use
    Chang Kook Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, Dong A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
    Can J Psychiatry 50:407-14. 2005
    To investigate the psychiatric symptomatology and personality characteristics of Korean senior high school students considered to use the Internet to excess.
  77. ncbi Prevalence of smoking among high-school students of Tehran in 2003
    G Heydari
    Tobacco Control Unit, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
    East Mediterr Health J 13:1017-21. 2007
    This study in 2003 determined the prevalence of smoking and its associated factors among high-school students in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran...
  78. ncbi Early initiation of substance use and subsequent risk factors related to suicide among urban high school students
    Hyunsan Cho
    The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 1516 E Franklin St Suite 200, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, United States
    Addict Behav 32:1628-39. 2007
    ..To examine the association between onset of substance use and risk factors related to suicide...
  79. ncbi Effects of formal training in communication skills on the ability of veterinary students to communicate with clients
    C E Latham
    Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES
    Vet Rec 160:181-6. 2007
    ..This study evaluates the effectiveness of this approach in improving the ability of students to communicate with clients in clinical situations...
  80. ncbi Readiness to change among a group of heavy-drinking college students: correlates of readiness and a comparison of measures
    T Robert Harris
    The University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX 75390 9128, USA
    J Am Coll Health 57:325-30. 2008
    ..Although several multi-item scales assess readiness to change alcohol consumption, some researchers have proposed that a small number of single-item rulers may assess readiness nearly as well...
  81. ncbi African American adolescents and menthol cigarettes: smoking behavior among secondary school students
    Jessica L Muilenburg
    Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
    J Adolesc Health 43:570-5. 2008
    This paper examines the impact of smoking menthol cigarettes among secondary students, primarily African Americans, across five measures of smoking behavior.
  82. ncbi Nutritive value of meals, dietary habits and nutritive status in Croatian university students according to gender
    Irena Colic Baric
    Laboratory for Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    Int J Food Sci Nutr 54:473-84. 2003
    The aim of this study was to evaluate daily menus at students' restaurants and to report dietary habits and other health-related behaviour of Croatian university students (n=2075) according to gender...
  83. ncbi Tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use: racial and ethnic differences among U.S. high school seniors, 1976-2000
    John M Wallace
    University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 1248, USA
    Public Health Rep 117:S67-75. 2002
    ..This study examines differences in adolescents' use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs by racial and ethnic groups...
  84. ncbi Associations between individual and contextual factors and smoking in 13,293 Mexican students
    Edna Arillo-Santillan
    Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
    Am J Prev Med 28:41-51. 2005
    ..study in the central Mexican state of Morelos during the 1998-1999 school year of 13,293 public school students aged 11 to 24 years...
  85. ncbi Substance use among high-school students in Southern Thailand: trends over 3 years (2002-2004)
    Sawitri Assanangkornchai
    Prince of Songkla University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 15 Kanchanavanich Road, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
    Drug Alcohol Depend 86:167-74. 2007
    To examine the trends of substance use and correlated variables in high-school students in Southern Thailand.
  86. ncbi Body art: attitudes and practices regarding body piercing among urban undergraduates
    Cindy M Schorzman
    Student Health Center, California State University, 6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819 6045, USA
    J Am Osteopath Assoc 107:432-8. 2007
    ..To describe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of young adults toward body piercing...
  87. ncbi National prevalence and correlates of walking and bicycling to school
    Sarah L Martin
    Program Evaluation Across the Nation Using Technology, Farmington, Maine, USA
    Am J Prev Med 33:98-105. 2007
    ..Active travel to school provides youth with an opportunity to accumulate minutes of physical activity toward meeting recommended levels...
  88. ncbi Influence of the desire to lose weight on food habits, and knowledge of the characteristics of a balanced diet, in a group of Madrid university students
    B Navia
    Departamento de Nutricion, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
    Eur J Clin Nutr 57:S90-3. 2003
    The aim of this study was to determine the desire to lose weight in a group of university students, and to analyse the influence of this desire on declared food habits...
  89. ncbi Adolescent violence exposure, gender issues and impact
    Ray Munni
    Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatric Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
    Indian Pediatr 43:607-12. 2006
    ..Research on adolescent violence in India is limited. Fifteen hundred high school students were investigated to study the prevalence and demographic characteristics of witnesses, victims and perpetrators ..
  90. ncbi Use of emergency contraceptive pills and condoms by college students: a survey
    Hee Sun Kang
    Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chung Ang University, 221 Heuksukdong Dongjakku, Seoul 156 756, South Korea
    Int J Nurs Stud 45:775-83. 2008
    This study examined the intentions, knowledge, and attitudes of college students regarding the use of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) and condoms.
  91. ncbi Harmful effects of alcohol on sexual behaviour in a New Zealand university community
    Martine L Cashell Smith
    Injury Prevention Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:645-51. 2007
    The prevalence of hazardous drinking among university students in New Zealand is very high, but the impacts on sexual behaviour are largely unknown...
  92. ncbi Examining the effects of a national alcohol-free fraternity housing policy
    Scott B Crosse
    Substance Abuse Research Group, Westat, Rockville, MD, USA
    J Prim Prev 27:477-95. 2006
    ..FH members reported that the policy was implemented moderately well; however, it may have shifted alcohol use from fraternity housing to other settings...
  93. ncbi Cannabis use and the risk behavior syndrome in Italian university students: are they related to suicide risk?
    Marco Innamorati
    Università Europea of Rome
    Psychol Rep 102:577-94. 2008
    ..of this study was to examine the association of cannabis use with risky behaviors and suicide risk in university students. A convenience sample of 246 students was recruited from four universities in Rome during the 2004 academic year...
  94. ncbi Caffeinated cocktails: energy drink consumption, high-risk drinking, and alcohol-related consequences among college students
    Mary Claire O'Brien
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 15:453-60. 2008
    ..This study examines the relationship between energy drink use, high-risk drinking behavior, and alcohol-related consequences...
  95. ncbi The prevalence of probable delayed-sleep-phase syndrome in students from junior high school to university in Tottori, Japan
    Gen i Hazama
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
    Tohoku J Exp Med 216:95-8. 2008
    ..a change in the prevalence of DSPS among young population, epidemiological survey was conducted on Japanese students. A total of 4,971 students of junior high school, senior high school, and university were enrolled in this cross ..
  96. ncbi Sensation seeking, self-esteem, and unprotected sex in college students
    Donna L Gullette
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Nursing, Little Rock, AR, USA
    J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 17:23-31. 2006
    ..self-efficacy in condom use, stages of change, and alcohol consumption to HIV risk-taking behaviors among college students. A total of 159 students completed an online survey in 2004...
  97. ncbi Standardized measures of alcohol-related problems: a review of their use among college students
    Loraine Devos-Comby
    AOD Initiatives Research, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
    Psychol Addict Behav 22:349-61. 2008
    College students' alcohol consumption has received considerable attention in the scientific literature and the media for its impact on students and the college community...
  98. ncbi Evaluating the Theory of Planned Behavior to explain intention to engage in premarital sex amongst Korean college students: a questionnaire survey
    Eun Seok Cha
    Chung Ang University, 506 Department of Nursing School of Medicine, 221 Heukseok dong Dongjakgu, Seoul, 156 756, Republic of Korea
    Int J Nurs Stud 44:1147-57. 2007
    ..To reduce risky adolescent sexual behavior, education programs must be tailored to specific cultures and stage of adolescence...
  99. ncbi Gender, school and academic year differences among Spanish university students at high-risk for developing an eating disorder: an epidemiologic study
    Ana R Sepulveda
    School of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
    BMC Public Health 8:102. 2008
    ....
  100. ncbi Clarifying the anxiety sensitivity and alcohol use relation: considering alcohol expectancies as moderators
    Roisin M O'Connor
    Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1, Canada
    J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:765-72. 2008
    ..e., tension reduction, cognitive and behavioral impairment) on the AS-alcohol use association. Gender-specific pathways were also examined...
  101. ncbi Attitudes toward condom use among high school and university students in Zimbabwe
    Malcolm A Cort
    Department of Behavioral Science, Athens State University, Athens, AL 35611, USA
    Int Q Community Health Educ 26:61-72. 2006
    Utilizing a sample of students (N = 504) from Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, Africa, this study investigated the extent to which knowledge of AIDS and two components of the Health Belief Model are related to: 1) attitude toward condom use, and 2)..

Research Grants134 found, 100 shown here

  1. Determinants of Maternal and Child Health in India
    Sonalde Desai; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..abstract_text> ..
  2. DYNAMICS OF FAMILY WELL-BEING DURING ECONOMIC CRISIS
    John Strauss; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ....
  3. FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH OUTCOMES IN SOUTH AFRICA
    David Lam; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..The project will also analyze the effect of economic shocks and family disruption on the outcomes of young people such as school enrollment grade advancement and employment...
  4. Health, Environment and Social Structure in India
    REEVE VANNEMAN; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..3. Build institutional linkages between premiere scholars in the field of environmental studies, economics, sociology and public health in India and the United States. ..
  5. PREPARE: Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program and Retention Enhancement
    JAMBOOR VISHWANATHA; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Entry of underrepresented minority students into doctoral study in the biomedical sciences in Texas, and indeed, in the nation, remains low despite ..
  6. Female Anti-Problem Drinking Group & Campus Initiatives
    Joseph LaBrie; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..monthly alcohol-related programs with faculty/staff, and on-going alcohol and women's health programs for students. It is hypothesized that students attending WISE UP groups will report fewer alcohol-related problems, decreased ..
  7. Evaluating Alternative Retinopathy Screening Approaches
    CHARLES BASCH; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..These interventions are practical, have potential for widespread dissemination, and can translate basic and clinical research to achieve public health benefits. ..
  8. Internet as Supplier: Preventing Adolescent Use of Non-Medical Addictive Rx
    Amelia M Arria; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..This study will obtain information directly from adolescents about their use of the internet and other sources to obtain drugs. ..
  9. TAILORED COMMUNICATIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING
    CHARLES BASCH; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..This proposal addresses the need for research assessing tailored communications to increase CRC screening in minority groups. ..
  10. The Natural History and Consequences of Ecstasy Use
    Amelia Arria; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..broader implications for the description and prediction of illicit drug use patterns in general among college students. A longitudinal prospective study of a large sample of college students at the University of Maryland, College ..
  11. Drug Abuse Trajectories in the Transition to Adulthood: Risk Factors and Outcomes
    Amelia Arria; Fiscal Year: 2009
    An estimated 21 percent of the nation's 7.5 million full-time college students have used an illicit drug in the past month...
  12. Internet as Supplier: Preventing Adolescent Use of Non-Medical Addictive Rx
    Amelia Arria; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..This study will obtain information directly from adolescents about their use of the internet and other sources to obtain drugs. ..
  13. The Role of Culture in Thriving and Risk Behavior in Hispanic Adolescents
    Seth J Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Provided that our hypotheses are supported, this will suggest that family strengthening interventions may be important for Hispanic immigrant families - a sizeable and rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population. ..
  14. Identity & Context in HIV Prevention for Hispanic Youth
    SETH SCHWARTZ; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..abstract_text> ..
  15. The Role of Culture in Thriving and Risk Behavior in Hispanic Adolescents
    Seth J Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Provided that our hypotheses are supported, this will suggest that family strengthening interventions may be important for Hispanic immigrant families - a sizeable and rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population. ..
  16. The Role of Culture in Thriving and Risk Behavior in Hispanic Adolescents
    SETH SCHWARTZ; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Provided that our hypotheses are supported, this will suggest that family strengthening interventions may be important for Hispanic immigrant families - a sizeable and rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population. ..
  17. Alcohol-Related Risky Sex Prevention
    Melissa Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..is to reduce alcohol consumption, alcohol-related risky sex, and their negative consequences among college students. Specific aims of this research will be accomplished in three distinct studies...
  18. Exploring strategies to increase school breakfast consumption in middle schools
    Karen Cullen; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..is to investigate delivery methods and promotional strategies to improve SB participation among middle school students, implement the delivery methods and promotional strategies, and obtain participation rate data needed to ..
  19. Children's Dietary Recalls: Prompts, Retention Interval, and Accuracy
    Suzanne Domel Baxter; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  20. Family Eats: Cancer Prevention for Families
    Karen Cullen; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..This is a relatively low cost method for improving health and quality of life. ..
  21. Children's Dietary Recalls: Methodology and Accuracy
    SUZANNE BAXTER; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..Results from this methodological project could have major implications for how 24hDRs are obtained from children in future national surveys, NIH-funded studies, and other studies. ..
  22. Memory Errors in Children's Dietary Recalls
    SUZANNE BAXTER; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Healthful dietary habits will decrease the risk of such chronic diseases as cardiovascular diseases. ..
  23. Familys' Web: Cancer Prevention for Daughters
    Karen Cullen; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..This feasibility or pilot study will provide the foundation for a full scale intervention focused on dietary change. ..
  24. Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use among College Students
    SEAN MCCABE; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..S. college students (e.g., Johnston et al., 2003; Mohler-Kuo et al., 2003)...
  25. Sexual Orientation, Substance Use and Mental Health
    SEAN MCCABE; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  26. Prescription Drug Abuse Among College Students
    SEAN MCCABE; Fiscal Year: 2005
    The objective of this R03 application "Prescription Drug Abuse Among College Students" is to improve the understanding of nonmedical use and diversion of prescription drugs among college students...
  27. Event Specific Prevention
    Christine M Lee; Fiscal Year: 2010
    Heavy drinking among college students continues to be an epidemic problem throughout the United States...
  28. Personalized Feedback Intervention for Marijuana Use
    Christine Lee; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..university, through the development of efficacious prevention and intervention techniques for first-year college students. Marijuana use is the most commonly used illicit substance among college students, with up to 35% of students ..
  29. EVENT-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF EXPECTANCIES, ALCOHOL USE, AND CONSEQUENCES
    Christine M Lee; Fiscal Year: 2010
    Alcohol use, misuse and resulting negative consequences among college students have been extensively documented...
  30. Secondary Effects of Parent Treatment for Drug Abuse on Children
    Michelle L Kelley; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Learning Sobriety Together holds great potential for having such broad and prolonged effects that will benefit families affected by drug abuse as well as the treatment community that serves them. ..
  31. Causes and Interventions for Childhood Obesity:Innovative Systems Analysis
    Youfa Wang; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..We will also project the impacts of several childhood obesity intervention strategies. ..