3277.0 Risk 101: College students' health behaviors

Monday, November 8, 2010: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
This poster presentation presents a variety of studies aimed at promoting health and well-being of college students through risk-reduction, health education and promotion activities, and environmental and administrative strategies.
Session Objectives: 1. Indentify risk and protective factors common to college students. 2. Discuss behavioral, environmental, and administative strategies to reduce risk and harm on college campuses.
Moderator:
Stuart Usdan, PhD

Board 1
Determinants and interventions for safer sex behaviors among college students
Amar Kanekar, MPH, CHES, CPH, PhD and Manoj Sharma, PhD
Board 2
Using social cognitive theory to develop alcohol policy at college football games
Brian Menaker, MA, PhD Student and Beth Chaney, PhD, MCHES
Board 3
Lack of knowledge poses risk for HCV among college students
Dr. Heather Diaz, DrPH, Dr. Marlene M. Von Friederichs-Fitzwater, PhD, MPH and Dawn Nozicka-Ferris, MHSE, CHES
  
Board 4
Sexually transmitted diseases: An evaluation of the attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, and knowledge about STD's among HBCU graduate students
Patricia Rodney, PhD MPH, Reinetta Thompson Waldrop, FACHE, MSHS, William Moore, MPH and Ayana Johnson
Board 5
Self-reported alcohol use and perceptions of peer drinking among new Greek-affiliated college students
Stuart Usdan, PhD, Renée Umstattd, PhD, CHES, Meg E. Sheppard, PhD, CHES, Laura L. Talbott, PhD, CHES, Gentry McCreary, MS and Stephanie Baller
Board 6
Ping my health: An Internet-based college student health risk appraisal with tailored feedback
Anna H.L. Floyd, PhD, David B. Buller, PhD, Erika J. Edwards, BS, Erwin Bettinghaus, PhD, Rob Martin, Travis Trigg, Tad Spencer, MA, TAS and Julie Maloy, MS
Board 7
Risk perceptions and sexual risk behaviors of students attending a two-year institution: Rationale for increasing health promotion programming
Lucy Annang, PhD, MPH, Pearl R. Fernandes, PhD, Leah Renee Williams, MPH, India Rose, BS, MPH and Winston Abara, MPH
Board 8
Influence of materialism and social norms on physical activity participation
Stephanie Baller, Stuart Usdan, PhD, Renée Umstattd, PhD, CHES, Meg E. Sheppard, PhD, CHES, Aaron Kuntz, EdD and Lori Turner, PhD
Board 9
Role of self-efficacy and the environment in encouraging undergraduates to eat breakfast every day
Susan E. Middlestadt, PhD, Jeanne Johnston, PhD, Marieke Van Puymbroeck, PhD, CTRS, Ahmed Youssefagha, PhD, Ruth Gassman, PhD and Jonathon Agley
Board 10
Time management instruction: A possible key to successful behavior change
Phyllis A. Bryden, DrPH, MSPH, CPH, RN and Michelyn W. Bhandari, DrPH, MPH,CPH

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Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Social Work

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