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H ealth B ehaviors A ssessment

H ealth B ehaviors A ssessment. Facilitating Student Success. WHAT IS THE HBA? The HBA is an Internet-based self-reporting instrument that measures three areas of health behavior: eating behavior, physical activity, and personal management skill.

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H ealth B ehaviors A ssessment

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  1. Health Behaviors Assessment Facilitating Student Success • WHAT IS THE HBA? The HBAis an Internet-based self-reporting instrument that measures three areas of health behavior: eating behavior, physical activity, and personal management skill. • It is used to provide an individual student assessment and target potential behaviors for positive change. • The HBA is useful as a screening device to identify the needs of student cohorts and assist institutional planning activities. • The HBA also includes a measure that indicates student awareness and readiness to make personal improvements. • Since the HBA measures specific behaviors, anchored by a time dimension, it can evaluate individual and group changes. • The HBA has been developed by sampling over 2,200 students. An additional 260 students have received pre-test and post-test evaluations to measure their progress after interventions. A TOOL FOR ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, OUTCOME The HBA has been used as an assessment and evaluation tool for interventions and outcome research. Examples are: • A peer-mentored intervention to improve personal health enhancement of college freshmen has demonstrated significant improvements on 14 out of 19 HBA variables as compared to an education only intervention. • Research establishing how health behaviors of college students are associated with their academic success outcomes. • Normative HBA profiles have been developed of baseline health behaviors among college freshmen at their first semester (N=1,286). HOW DO STUDENTS LEARN FROM THE HBA? HBA Profile Example • Upon completion of the inventory, the student receives immediate feedback on an individual profile. The individual profile feedback compares the student’s results with established criterion standards into three possible categories: • - Meeting recommendation • - Close, but not meeting recommendation • - Not meeting recommendation • Follow-up resources include classroom healthy behavior presentation, resource website, and individualized intervention. K-CAT is a non-profit organization that distributes instruments designed to provide screening, feedback, diagnostic input, and outcome evaluation for specific areas of student performance. For more information, visit www.k-cat.orgor call 785.532.3875

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