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Health Issues for College Females

Health Issues for College Females. Jessica Burnett Katie Haun Jan Hubbard. College Female Community. -Lunsford Apartments on ETSU campus -170 residents -Females, ages 18-23, not married. Windshield Survey: ETSU Campus. Many different cultures and races

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Health Issues for College Females

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  1. Health Issues for College Females Jessica Burnett Katie Haun Jan Hubbard

  2. College Female Community -Lunsford Apartments on ETSU campus -170 residents -Females, ages 18-23, not married

  3. Windshield Survey: ETSU Campus • Many different cultures and races • Majority traditional students late teens – early 20s however, there are many non-traditional

  4. Windshield Survey: Students • Public transportation available on campus and throughout the city available free to students • Many people walk on campus rather than use public transportation • Walking trail, ball fields, climbing wall, and gym • Sidewalks and bike rakes • 2 healthcare offices on campus

  5. Collecting Data • Survey consisting of 20 questions • Distributed to Lunsford residents on three seperate occasions • 51 surveys collected

  6. Survey Topics • Sleep • Nutrition • Stress • Smoking • Alcohol • Body Image • Depression • SexualHealth

  7. Sleep • How manyhours of sleep do youget per night on average? • Range: 3-11 • Average: 6.5 • Do youfeeladequatlyrestedmostdays of the week? Yes: 35%No: 65%

  8. Nutrition • Do you eat balanced, healthy meals that contain the recommended nutritional intake of dairy protein, vegetables etc.? -Yes: 58% -No: 42% • Do you worry about being able to afford groceries? -Yes: 42% -No: 58% • Are you able to afford healthy groceries such as fruits and? -Yes: 87% -No: 13%

  9. Stress • How many times a week do you feel stressed? • Range: 0-7 days • Average: 4 days per week • What are some ways you relieve stress? Exercise, eating, talking/venting, writing, sleeping • Would you consider your stress relieving techniques to be healthy? • Yes: 67% • No: 33%

  10. Smoking • Do you smoke? -Yes: 4% -No: 96% • If so, how long? 2-3 years • How many per day? 3-4 per day • Do you smoke to relieve stress? 100%

  11. Alcohol • On average, how many alcoholic beverages do you have per week? • Range: 0-9 or more • Average: 2.5 per week • Have you ever been pressured to drink Alcohol when you did not want to? • Yes: 29% • No: 71% • Have you ever driven intoxicated or been driven by someone who was? • Yes: 31% • No: 69%

  12. Body Image • Would you consider yourself to be at your ideal body weight? • Yes: 40% • No: 60% • How often do you think about your body image? • Never: 6% • Rarely: 8% • Sometimes: 25% • Often: 38% • Very often: 23% • Would you consider yourself to have low self esteem because of your body weight? • Yes: 52% • No: 47%

  13. Depression • Do you ever struggle with depression? -Yes: 27% -No: 73% • Have you been clinically diagnosed with depression?: -Yes: 43% -No: 57% • Are you currently taking medications for depression? -Yes: 21% -No: 79%

  14. Sexual Health • Are you sexually active? -Yes: 62% -No: 38% • If so, while having sex, do you use protection: -Always: 38% -Most of the time: 25% -Sometimes: 13% -Never: 16% -Rarely: 9% • Are you currently taking any form of birth control pill, even if you are not sexually active? • Yes: 39% • No: 61%

  15. Educational Topics • Sleep- 12% • Nutrition- 33% • Stress- 15% • Cigarette Use- 0% • Alcohol Consumption- 6% • Body Image- 15% • Sexual Health- 10% • Depression- 8%

  16. Preliminary Plans • Collaborate with ETSU Housing and RAs • Hold educational sessions for housing residents • Nutrition, Stress, Body Image, Sleep

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