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Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic periodJae 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...- Correlates of cigarette smoking among male college students in Karachi, PakistanShafquat 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... 
Prevalence of pathological Internet use among university students and correlations with self-esteem, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and disinhibitionKatie Niemz
Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Cyberpsychol Behav 8:562-70. 2005..However, there was no significant difference in GHQ scores. These results are discussed in relation to the methodological shortcomings of research in the area as a whole...
The RealU online cessation intervention for college smokers: a randomized controlled trialLawrence C An
University of Minnesota, Department of Internal Medicine, 717 Delaware Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Prev Med 47:194-9. 2008..To determine the efficacy of providing online cessation intervention for college smokers...- An interactive web-based method of outreach to college students at risk for suicideAnn 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... - Factors associated with self-rated health status in university students: a cross-sectional study in three European countriesRafael T Mikolajczyk
Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
BMC Public Health 8:215. 2008.... - Knowledge and attitudes of university students toward pandemic influenza: a cross-sectional study from TurkeyHulya 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... - Development of a Web-based alcohol intervention for university students: processes and challengesJonathan 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... - Differences in health complaints among university students from three European countriesC 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... - Body art: attitudes and practices regarding body piercing among urban undergraduatesCindy 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... - Energy-drink consumption in college students and associated factorsSema 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... - Body art (body piercing and tattooing) among undergraduate university students: "then and now"Lester B Mayers
Division of Sports Medicine, Pace University, Pleasantville, New York 10570, USA
J Adolesc Health 42:201-3. 2008..To survey the prevalence of body art and incidence of medical complications among university students comparing results in 2001 and 2006... - Network dynamics to evaluate performance of an academic institutionMichael E Hughes
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Sci Transl Med 2:53ps49. 2010..Also, collaborations within institutions and departments were more frequent than those between them--an actionable area of improvement... - Beliefs and attitudes related to narghile (waterpipe) smoking among university students in SyriaWasim 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... - Tobacco use by university students, Lebanon, 2001Hala Tamim
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Addiction 98:933-9. 2003..The objective was to determine the prevalence of smoking [cigarettes and/or narghile (i.e. water-pipe)] among university students and to examine multiple correlates... - Alcohol use among college students: an international perspectiveElie Karam
Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, St George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Curr Opin Psychiatry 20:213-21. 2007.... - Health-promoting behaviors and psychosocial well-being of university students in Hong KongRegina L T Lee
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Public Health Nurs 22:209-20. 2005.... - Mental health of college students and their non-college-attending peers: results from the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related ConditionsCarlos Blanco
New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:1429-37. 2008..Although young adulthood is often characterized by rapid intellectual and social development, college-aged individuals are also commonly exposed to circumstances that place them at risk for psychiatric disorders... - Ventilation and dampness in dorms and their associations with allergy among college students in China: a case-control studyY Sun
Department of Architecture Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Indoor Air 21:277-83. 2011..73-47.83), compared to the reference condition with no-dampness and high ventilation rate (above the median). This supports the hypothesis that ventilation rate is an effect modifier for moisture problems and indoor pollutants... - Effects of energy drinks mixed with alcohol on behavioral control: risks for college students consuming trendy cocktailsCecile 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... - MyStudentBody-Stress: an online stress management intervention for college studentsEmil Chiauzzi
Inflexxion, Inc, Newton, MA, USA
J Health Commun 13:555-72. 2008..These findings indicate some potentially beneficial effects of online stress management programming for college students. Implications for college health practitioners are discussed... - Prevalence of migraine diagnosis using ID Migraine among university students in southern TurkeySebnem Bicakci
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey
J Headache Pain 9:159-63. 2008..As a conclusion, ID Migraine screening test might be practical and beneficial when a face-to-face interview is not possible or to pre-determine the subjects for a face-to-face interview for migraine diagnosis in larger populations... - Help-seeking and access to mental health care in a university student populationDaniel Eisenberg
Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 109 S Observatory Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Med Care 45:594-601. 2007..University students represent an important population in which to study access to mental health care. Understanding their unmet needs will enhance efforts to prevent and treat mental disorders during a pivotal period in life... - Dampness at dorm and its associations with allergy and airways infection among college students in China: a cross-sectional studyY Sun
School of Environmental Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin City, China
Indoor Air 19:174-82. 2009..The ventilation and microbiology problems in dorm environment corresponding to dampness should be further studied, especially when it is associated to occupants' health... - Factors influencing students' decisions to choose healthy or unhealthy snacks at the University of Newcastle, AustraliaHsieh Pei-Lin
School of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology
J Nurs Res 12:83-91. 2004..The results however, could help school nurses to gain a deeper understanding of university students ' snacking patterns. It might also assist school nurses in the development of healthy eating guidance for university students... - Identification, prevention, and treatment revisited: individual-focused college drinking prevention strategies 1999-2006Mary E Larimer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Addict Behav 32:2439-68. 2007..More research is needed to determine the best methods for disseminating such interventions on college campuses, as well as additional research on interventions with high-risk groups of students... - Stimulant medication use, misuse, and abuse in an undergraduate and graduate student sampleBarbara Prudhomme White
School of Health and Human Services, University of New Hampshire, Durham 03824, USA
J Am Coll Health 54:261-8. 2006..The results point to various reasons for and methods of abusing and misusing stimulant medication that may direct future research, prevention, and intervention... - Cigarette smoking and cessation among trade or technical school students in TexasAlexandra Loukas
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station D3700, Austin, TX 78712, USA
J Am Coll Health 56:401-7. 2008..Although students enrolled in trade or technical colleges are at an elevated risk for tobacco use, virtually no information exists regarding their smoking behaviors... - Caffeinated cocktails: energy drink consumption, high-risk drinking, and alcohol-related consequences among college studentsMary 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... - A survey of energy drink consumption patterns among college studentsBrenda M Malinauskas
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Nutr J 6:35. 2007.... - Factors affecting choice of specialty among first-year medical students of four universities in different regions of TurkeyMustafa Fevzi Dikici
Department of Family Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
Croat Med J 49:415-20. 2008..To determine the factors affecting medical students' choice of the specialty of family medicine... - The University of British Columbia model of interprofessional educationGrant Charles
School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Interprof Care 24:9-18. 2010.... - Predictors of nursing faculty members' organizational commitment in governmental universitiesMahmoud Al-Hussami
University of Jordan, Amman
J Nurs Manag 19:556-66. 2011..It is essential for all university leaders to develop and maintain an effective programme of total quality management in a climate that promotes work satisfaction and employee support... - Recent progress in carcinogenesis, progression and therapy of breast cancer: the 20th Hiroshima Cancer Seminar--the 4th Three Universities' Consortium International Symposium, October 2010: 31 October 2010, International Conference Center HiroshimaMasakazu Toi
Hiroshima Cancer Seminar Foundation, 3 8 6 Sendamachi, Naka ku, Hiroshima 730 0052, Japan
Jpn J Clin Oncol 41:924-30. 2011..Throughout the conference, panelists and attendee indicated the importance of translational research and biomarker exploration in order to realize efficient and individualized therapy for breast cancer... - Excellence in teaching for promotion and tenure in animal and dairy sciences at doctoral/research universities: a faculty perspectiveM A Wattiaux
Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
J Dairy Sci 93:3365-76. 2010In this study, animal or dairy sciences faculty from doctoral/research universities were surveyed to clarify teaching performance expectations for the purpose of promotion and tenure of assistant professors... - Driving drug discovery: the fundamental role of academic labsB Michael Silber
Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Departments of Neurology and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Sci Transl Med 2:30cm16. 2010..Collaboration is in the best interests of patients and society if it accelerates the translation of basic science discoveries to new medicines that address unmet medical needs... - Medical students' attitudes toward collaboration between doctors and nurses - a comparison between two Swedish universitiesAnders Hansson
Section of Primary Health Care, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Göteborg Research Unit, Primärvården FyrBoDal, S 462 80 Vänersborg, Sweden
J Interprof Care 24:242-50. 2010..in attitudes toward collaboration, between first students at GU and LiU, between final year students at the two universities; and between those who had or did not have earlier experience of working in health care... - Randomized controlled trial of proactive web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention for university studentsKypros 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..We tested the efficacy of a proactive Web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention program... - Sleep duration and health in young adultsAndrew 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... - Psychiatric disorders in students in six French universities: 12-month prevalence, comorbidity, impairment and help-seekingPierre Verger
French Institute of Health and Medical Research INSERM, U912, SE4S, Marseille, France
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 45:189-99. 2010..This article aims to study 12-month prevalence of PD in university students, their socio-economic correlates, impairment in daily life and help-seeking behaviours... - College students and computers: assessment of usage patterns and musculoskeletal discomfortKaren L Noack-Cooper
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Work 32:285-98. 2009.... - The brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale-college versionKeith J Zullig
Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506 9190, USA
Am J Health Behav 33:483-93. 2009..To investigate the psychometric properties of the BMSLSS-College among 723 college students... - Energy drinks, race, and problem behaviors among college studentsKathleen E Miller
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
J Adolesc Health 43:490-7. 2008..It was hypothesized that frequent consumption of energy drinks would be positively associated with substance abuse and other risky behaviors, and that these relationships would be moderated by race... - [Learning approaches, self-regulation and achievement in three European universities]Jesus De La Fuente
Facultad de Humanidades u Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Almeria, Almeria, Spain
Psicothema 20:705-11. 2008..Data are gathered from three public European universities, one from the UK (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff) and two from Spain (Universities of Almeria and .. - Testing the feasibility of developmental asset measures on college students to guide health promotion effortsKeith J Zullig
Department of Community of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Assessment 16:31-42. 2009..70 or greater with the exception of the Future Aspirations asset. Preliminary analyses support the reliability and validity of measuring developmental assets among emerging adults. Implications and potential uses are discussed... - Clinical relevance of heavy drinking during the college years: cross-sectional and prospective perspectivesG R Parra
Alcoholism Research Center and Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 65211, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 15:350-9. 2001..Implications for assessment of heavy drinking as well as prevention of problematic alcohol use in college students are discussed... - Prevalence and clinical characteristics of migraine in university students in TurkeyMehmet Kemal Demirkirkan
Department of Neurology, Kocatepe University School of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
Tohoku J Exp Med 208:87-92. 2006..Global educational programs are required for patients to recognize the importance of effective migraine treatment... - Inquiry-based undergraduate teaching in the life sciences at large research universities: a perspective on the Boyer Commission ReportWilliam B Wood
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, 347 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 0347, USA
Cell Biol Educ 2:112-6. 2003The 1998 Boyer Commission Report advocated improvement of undergraduate education at large research universities through large-scale participation of undergraduates in the universities' research mission... - Illicit methylphenidate use in an undergraduate student sample: prevalence and risk factorsChristian J Teter
College of Pharmacy, Substance Abuse Research Center, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 1065, USA
Pharmacotherapy 23:609-17. 2003.... - Contemporary college students and body piercingMyrna L Armstrong
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Lubbock, 79430, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:58-61. 2004..Major piercing purposes were self-expression and identity, rather than deviancy or rebellion... - [Smoking among academics, non-academics and students of the Universidad de Concepción]H Sotomayor
Departamento de Medicina y Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Ingeniería Matemática, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
Rev Med Chil 128:977-84. 2000..Effective smoking cessation campaigns require as baseline, precise estimations of smoking habits in different populations... - Using CDC's health-related quality of life scale on a college campusKeith J Zullig
Health Education, Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies, Miami University Oxford, OH 45056, USA
Am J Health Behav 29:569-78. 2005..To evaluate the performance of the US Centers for Disease Control's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scale among 522 college students... - Sexual victimization: incidence, knowledge and resource use among a population of college womenAarti Nasta
Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 18:91-6. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Increasing campus awareness of sexual victimization and removing barriers to access for victims should remain university goals... - The prevalence of dental caries among international students at U.S. universitiesKarl F Woodmansey
University Student Health Service, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
J Contemp Dent Pract 6:124-35. 2005Last year 572,509 international students studied at U.S. universities. The dental health of these students is as diverse as the countries from which they come... - Emerging adulthood and college-aged youth: an overlooked age for weight-related behavior changeMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2205-11. 2008 - Use of the preparticipation physical examination form to screen for the female athlete triad in Canadian interuniversity sport universitiesJane S Rumball
Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Clin J Sport Med 15:320-5. 2005The purpose of this study was to survey universities affiliated with Canadian Interuniversity Sport on existing screening protocols for the female athlete triad, and to identify any potential areas for improvement of this system. - Smoking, but not smokers: identity among college students who smoke cigarettesArnold H Levinson
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:845-52. 2007..Further research is needed to explore the psychosocial mechanisms involved with denier identity, to clarify the implications for public health communications, and to develop appropriate intervention strategies... - An interdepartmental Ph.D. program in computational biology and bioinformatics: the Yale perspectiveMark Gerstein
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
J Biomed Inform 40:73-9. 2007..Further updated information is available from the program's website, www.cbb.yale.edu.).. - Two-year outcome of alcohol interventions in Swedish university halls of residence: a cluster randomized trial of a brief skills training program, twelve-step-influenced intervention, and controlsHenriettae Ståhlbrandt
Department of Clinical Alcohol Research, Lund University, Malmo University Hospital, SE 205 02 Malmo, Sweden
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:458-66. 2007..Several types of intervention have proved to be effective in reducing alcohol consumption. This study examines the 2-year outcome of 2 different alcohol intervention programs at university halls of residence... - Drinking and condom use: results from an event-based daily diaryBarbara C Leigh
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, 1107 N E 45th St, Suite 120, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
AIDS Behav 12:104-12. 2008..These results do not support the persistent notion that alcohol causes people to engage in sexual risk that they would avoid when sober; instead, people tend to follow their usual pattern of condom use, regardless of alcohol use... - Recall of drug utilization depends on subtle structural questionnaire characteristicsNuno Lunet
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Porto University Medical School, Porto, Portugal
Pharm World Sci 30:175-81. 2008..To test the hypothesis that questionnaire organization affects the recall of antimalarial drugs utilization. Setting Maputo, Mozambique... - Seroprevalence of Hepatitis-B infection amongst Taiwanese university students 18 years following the commencement of a national Hepatitis-B vaccination programFu Hsiung Su
Department of Family Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan Chiao, Taipei County, Taiwan
J Med Virol 79:138-43. 2007..A "waning-off" effect of anti-HBs seropositivity acquired from the HB vaccination program has also been observed... - Personalized mailed feedback for college drinking prevention: a randomized clinical trialMary E Larimer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:285-93. 2007..Implications of these findings for universal prevention of college drinking are discussed... - The freshman weight gain phenomenon revisitedAaron P Crombie
Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Nutr Rev 67:83-94. 2009..7-3.1 kg, but among individuals who gained weight, the range was narrower, 3.1-3.4 kg. There may be specific groups of students with a greater predisposition for weight gain and future research should focus on identifying those groups... - Gender differences in KAP related to HIV/AIDS among freshmen in Afghan universitiesAbdul Basir Mansoor
Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39:404-18. 2008..of knowledge, perception/ attitude, and practices related to HIV among 1,054 freshmen students in four Afghan universities differences between genders. A probability, two stage sampling method was used... - Cigarettes and waterpipe smoking among medical students in Syria: a cross-sectional studyM Q Almerie
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:1085-91. 2008..To investigate tobacco use, beliefs and attitudes among medical students in Syria... - The relationship between alexithymia and alcohol-related risk perceptions: The moderating effect of general trauma in a college populationSarah J Bujarski
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 68588 0308, USA
Addict Behav 35:363-6. 2010..The current study highlights the importance of examining risk perception abilities in individuals with alexithymia and GTE as well as the impact of risk perception on alcohol-related risk behaviors... - Prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea in young adult female university studentsAytac Polat
Department of Family Medicine, Firat University, Medical School, Elazig, Turkey
Arch Gynecol Obstet 279:527-32. 2009..To determine the prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea and attitudes and behavior toward dysmenorrhea in the female students of an university toward this problem... - The ESRC research ethics framework and research ethics review at UK universities: rebuilding the Tower of Babel REC by RECD L H Hunter
Lecturer in Bioethics, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co Londonderry BT52 1SA, UK
J Med Ethics 34:815-20. 2008..for this change are and will be replicated by the systems of research ethics review being put in place at UK universities in response to the Economic and Social Research Council research ethics framework... - Changes in drinking before a mandated brief intervention with college studentsThomas J Morgan
Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 607 Allison Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:286-90. 2008..The primary aim of this study was to assess the extent to which students significantly reduce their drinking between the time of an alcohol-related violation and the sanctioned intervention... - Prevalence of depression, its correlates among students, and its effect on health-related quality of life in a Turkish universityGul Arslan
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Health Services Vocational High School, Meselik Eskisehir, Turkey
Ups J Med Sci 114:170-7. 2009..The aims were to investigate the prevalence of depression among university students, and to determine some of the risk factors connected to depression, and also to evaluate its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL)... - Development of a student health questionnaire: the necessity of a symbiosis of science and practiceCecile R L Boot
University of Amsterdam, Student Health Services, Department of Research, Development and Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Glob Health Promot 16:35-44. 2009..In addition, we aimed to gain insight in the additional value of adding experience-based information from the priority population, and individuals in their direct environment, to the knowledge gained from the scientific literature... - Alcohol--how much is too much?N O'Connor
Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Cork
Ir Med J 101:200-2. 2008..5 units of alcohol/week whereas the graduates felt over 18 units/week was too much. We concluded that even amongst these highly educated cohorts there is a low level of awareness of safe limits of alcohol consumption... - Standardized measures of alcohol-related problems: a review of their use among college studentsLoraine Devos-Comby
AOD Initiatives Research, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 22:349-61. 2008..The authors include directions for future research so that measurement of drinking consequences for college students can be refined... - Social influences on cigarette initiation among college studentsRuth R Staten
College of Nursing and University Health Service, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:353-62. 2007..To examine the relationship of demographic and social influence with initiation of cigarette use among undergraduates... - How 'sensible' is the UK Sensible Drinking message? Preliminary findings amongst newly matriculated female university students in ScotlandJan Gill
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Queen Margaret University College, Corstorphine, Edinburgh EH12 8TS, Scotland, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:13-6. 2007.... - Declining negative consequences related to alcohol misuse among students exposed to a social norms marketing intervention on a college campusJames Turner
Department of Student Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908 0760, USA
J Am Coll Health 57:85-94. 2008..The authors examined whether alcohol-related negative consequences decreased among students exposed to an intervention... - 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..A convenience sample of 246 students was recruited from four universities in Rome during the 2004 academic year... - Prevention of "risky" drinking among students at a Brazilian universityMaria Odete Simão
Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University UNESP, Brazil
Alcohol Alcohol 43:470-6. 2008..quot; Subjects were randomly allocated in a clinical trial to intervention or control groups... - Retail point-of-sale guardianship and juvenile tobacco purchases: assessing the prevention capabilities of undergraduate college studentsTroy Gilbertson
Bemidji State University, Minnesota 56601 2699, USA
J Drug Educ 37:1-30. 2007..Post-hoc t tests suggest that this effect is concentrated among non-tobacco using respondents... - Support for alcohol-control policies and enforcement strategies among US college students at 4-year institutionsWilliam DeJong
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Am Coll Health 56:231-6. 2007..The authors examined college student support for policies and enforcement strategies to reduce alcohol problems on campus... - Putting the person back into psychopathology: an intervention to reduce mental illness stigma in the classroomCaroline E Mann
Psychology Dept, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:545-51. 2008..Based on previous stigma research, a first-person, narrative approach was contrasted with traditional, diagnosis-centered education. STUDY 1.. - Randomized study of different anti-stigma mediaJoseph Finkelstein
Chronic Disease Informatics Group, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Patient Educ Couns 71:204-14. 2008..We designed our study to assess if computer-assisted anti-stigma interventions can be effective in reducing the level of psychiatric stigma in a sample of special education university students... - College students and HIV/AIDS: a comparison of nontraditional and traditional student perspectivesSusan Opt
Department of Communication, Salem College s, Winston Salem, NC, USA
J Am Coll Health 56:165-74. 2007..The authors compared nontraditional college students' knowledge and perceptions of HIV/AIDS and sexual practices with previously reported results about traditional students... - Harmful effects of alcohol on sexual behaviour in a New Zealand university communityMartine 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 aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of alcohol-related risky and unwanted sexual experiences... - Factors associated with risky consumption and heavy episodic drinking among Spanish university studentsFrancisco Caamaño-Isorna
Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, CIBERESP, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:308-12. 2008..The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of risky consumption (RC) and heavy episodic drinking (HED) in Spanish university students and their associated factors... - Tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use among first-year U.S. college students: a time series analysisLisa Dierker
Wesleyan University, Department of Psychology, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:680-99. 2008..Study limitations are noted... - Alcohol expectancies and context-specific drinking behaviors among female college athletesByron L Zamboanga
Department of Psychology, Clark Science Center, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
Behav Ther 39:162-70. 2008..Future research considerations and potential implications for assessment and prevention efforts are discussed... - Questions and reflections: the use of motivational interviewing microskills in a peer-led brief alcohol intervention for college studentsSean J Tollison
University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Seattle, WA 98105 6099, USA
Behav Ther 39:183-94. 2008..These findings highlight the importance of competent reflective listening skills and the need for continual training and supervision for peer facilitators... - Older adolescents' perceptions of the social context, impact, and development of their spiritual/religious beliefs and practicesLynn Rew
The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, Texas, USA
Issues Compr Pediatr Nurs 30:55-68. 2007..Findings add to the description of how religious and spiritual beliefs develop during adolescence... - Evaluation of a measure of incidental legal risk behaviors in college students who use alcoholMelissa J Leedy
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
J Drug Educ 36:125-39. 2006..Initial results indicate that the LRBA may be a useful measure to help us better understand what behaviors college student engage in that increase their risk for experiencing a legal encounter... - Students with mental illnesses in a university setting: faculty and student altitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and experiencesMarion Becker
Department of Mental Halth Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
Psychiatr Rehabil J 25:359-68. 2002..and persistent mental illnesses has gained increasing attention and sparked interest in what colleges and universities can do to assist individuals with mental illnesses to achieve their educational goals... - Attitudes toward alcohol and drug-free experience among college students: relationships with alcohol consumption and problemsJeffrey S Simons
Department of Psychology, University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark St, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 30:461-71. 2004..Attitude toward drug-free experience acted as a protective factor, reducing the relationship between alcohol attitude and alcohol-related problems... - Learning and living health: college students' experiences with an introductory health courseDonna Clemmens
Division of Nursing, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, New York, New York 10003 6677, USA
J Nurs Educ 43:313-8. 2004.... - A close look at why one social norms campaign did not reduce student drinkingDennis L Thombs
Health Promotion Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
J Am Coll Health 53:61-8. 2004..5% of the students understood the campaign's intended purpose. If they are to influence personally relevant drinking norms, these campaigns must undergo further development to enhance message credibility and participants' understanding... - Evaluation of alcohol education programs on attitude, knowledge, and self-reported behavior of college studentsL Sharmer
State University of New York, USA
Eval Health Prof 24:336-57. 2001..No significant differences in knowledge that could be attributed to the interventions were found, and no statistically significant differences were found for self-reported behavior... - Predictors of health behaviours in college studentsDiane Von Ah
School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
J Adv Nurs 48:463-74. 2004.... - Comparison of three models of alcohol craving in young adults: a cross-validationPeter M McEvoy
University of Western Australia, Australia
Addiction 99:482-97. 2004.... - The impact of in-vehicle cell-phone use on accidents or near-accidents among college studentsDong Chul Seo
Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA
J Am Coll Health 53:101-7. 2004..Differences between drivers who used cell phones and nonusers in unsafe driving behaviors and attitudes were also examined, and target groups for intervention efforts against talking on a cell phone while driving are suggested... - College student binge drinking and the "prevention paradox": implications for prevention and harm reductionElissa R Weitzman
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Drug Educ 34:247-65. 2004..Implications for prevention policy, programming, and media advocacy are discussed... - The state sets the rate: the relationship among state-specific college binge drinking, state binge drinking rates, and selected state alcohol control policiesToben F Nelson
Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, Rm 445 B, 401 Park Dr, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Public Health 95:441-6. 2005..We assessed the relationship between college binge drinking, binge drinking in the general population, and selected alcohol control policies...
Research Grants
- Bioengineering of Novel Synthetic Lipid-Peptide Lung SurfactantsRobert H Notter; Fiscal Year: 2010..BRP team with expertise in bioengineering, physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine is assembled at three universities: the University of Rochester (primary institution), LA Biomedical Research Institute/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,..
- Bioengineering of Novel Synthetic Lipid-Peptide Lung SurfactantsROBERT NOTTER; Fiscal Year: 2009..BRP team with expertise in bioengineering, physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine is assembled at three universities: the University of Rochester (primary institution), LA Biomedical Research Institute/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,..
- EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMJohn Blake; Fiscal Year: 2005..We are also encouraging collaborative efforts with investigators from other universities and from within state and federal agencies who are engaged in biomedical research...
- Afro-Caribbean Consortium on viral and environmental risk factors for cancerCamille Ragin; Fiscal Year: 2007..studies related to cancer in immigrant populations have been conducted by faculty at Colombia and Long Island Universities. The investigators involved in these studies have had various conversations regarding the feasibility of ..
- Morgan State University-Public Health Program-CAM Research Training Program (InstYvonne Bronner; Fiscal Year: 2007..CAM research training program will use outreach to partners, the network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and the Consortium of African American Public Health Programs as ..
- SUPPORT FOR GENESISJames Bower; Fiscal Year: 2009..At last count GENESIS has also provided support for courses in at least 61 colleges and universities around the world where it has been used both as an instruction tool in realistic modeling of the nervous system,..
- SUPPORT FOR GENESISJames M Bower; Fiscal Year: 2010..At last count GENESIS has also provided support for courses in at least 61 colleges and universities around the world where it has been used both as an instruction tool in realistic modeling of the nervous system,..
- Blueprints for Transforming Research at UIC College of DentistryChristine Wu; Fiscal Year: 2003..The College is part of the 560-acre Illinois Medical District, which comprises four major medical centers, two universities, and forty other health care, education, and research institutions...
- QUIPU: The Andrean Global Health Informatics Research and Training CenterPatricia Garcia; Fiscal Year: 2009..to link researchers in the AR, promoting south^south collaborations, as well as with colleagues from partner universities in the U.S. and other institutions...