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

Using ACHA-NCHA Data to Guide Your Campus Health Promotion Efforts. Using the ACHA-National College Health Assessment to Examine the Health Status and Health Needs of Your Students December 1-2, 2006 Las Vegas, NV Presented by: Melissa Kenzig, MSPH, CHES

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

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  1. Using ACHA-NCHA Data to Guide Your Campus Health Promotion Efforts Using the ACHA-National College Health Assessment to Examine the Health Status and Health Needs of Your Students December 1-2, 2006 Las Vegas, NV Presented by: Melissa Kenzig, MSPH, CHES Director, Alice! Health Promotion Program Health Services at Columbia University

  2. Agenda • Objectives • Why do the NCHA? • How do you use the NCHA? • Conducting the NCHA – an overview • Using the data to set priorities and guide health promotion • Examples • Final questions

  3. Objectives • Contrast the experience of conducting the ACHA-NCHA at institutions of different sizes, demographics, and affiliations. • Describe how to utilize ACHA-NCHA results to determine program goals and objectives. • Discuss how ACHA-NCHA results can be used to garner support (financial or otherwise) for college health programs.

  4. MK’s History with the NCHA • University of San Francisco, 1998-2003 • 8,000 students, private, urban, Jesuit • Conducted the CORE once, NCHA twice • Random sample • Paper-based • Columbia University, 2004-present • 20,000 students, private, urban, Ivy League • Conducted NCHA twice • Entire population • Web-based

  5. Why do the NCHA? • better understand trends • identify emerging problems • report behavioral norms • identify risk factors to safety and academic performance • prioritize student health issues • allocate resources for programming • design new programs • evaluate current strategies

  6. How do you use the NCHA? Health Education Public Health Planning Model Policy Changes Health Promotion Initiatives

  7. Conducting the NCHA Prepare for the survey • Prior to implementation • Approval • Paper vs. web • Sampling • Additional questions • IRB approval • During implementation • Student communications • Technical support • After implementation • Analysis • Distribution of results Do the survey Get the results from the survey Then what?

  8. Comparing your results • Baselines: National data • Targets: Healthy Campus 2010 • Institutional Priorities

  9. Comparing Your Results

  10. Priority Determination Example Physical Activity • Who cares? – Physical activity has been shown to: • Improve cognitive performance • Decrease stress • Improve sleep quality • Increase energy levels • Be important to the CU president • Healthy Campus 2010 Objective: 22-2/3. Increase the proportion of college students who engage in physical activity at least 3 days per week that includes moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes, or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per occasion.

  11. Experience vs. Impact (Q44): Columbia University Undergrads

  12. Goal Setting Example See http://www.usfca.edu/hps/recommendations.pdf for the full report.

  13. Student Wellness Program Return on Investment - Loma Linda Reference: Jim Grizzell, http://www.csupomona.edu/~jvgrizzell/

  14. Moving From Data to Practice • What are we currently doing to reach our goal/target? • Policy/initiative analysis at your institution • What are the evidence-based practices that could help us reach this goal/target? • Examine costs/benefits • Literature review • What will we implement? • Best practices! • How will we measure our progress? • NCHA • Another survey, focus groups, other…

  15. Final Questions • What are your institutional and departmental priorities globally? • “Let me tell you what those priorities have to do with health…” • What health issues are most impacting your students’ success? • Define “success” on your campus • Who are your allies in health promotion on campus? • Is what you’re doing (or going to do) mission-driven?

  16. Contact information Melissa Kenzig, MSPH, CHES Director, Alice! Health Promotion Program Health Services at Columbia University 2920 Broadway Lerner Hall 7th Floor, MC 2608 New York, NY 10027 (212) 854-5453 mk2422@columbia.edu www.health.columbia.edu

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