Healthy Campus 2020: Goals for a Healthy High School Population

by

Dr. Lori Dewald, EdD, ATC, MCHES, F-AAHE

Influence, Impact, Inspire

2012 MAHPERD Conference

October 19

Marriott Hunt Valley Inn

Hunt Valley, Maryland

Session Objectives

This session will:

1. Share the Healthy Campus 2020 document.

2. Explore how high schools can be involved in the project.

3. Provide an overview of the nationwide progress towards

HC 2020.

4. Review the trends and report the results that have been made in college health as a result of the previous HC 2010 document and the new goals of HC 2020.

5. Probe the top ten impediments to academic performance.

6. Consider that all high schools can have a role in the HC 2020 agenda by becoming aware of and involved in the HC 2020 movement.

Top 10 Impediments to Academic Performance in HS Students

Top 10 Impediments to Academic Performance in College Students

Overview of HC 2010 and now 2020

What was Healthy Campus 2010?

Healthy Campus 2020 Mast

HC 2020 Vision

A campus community in which all members pursue long, healthy lives.

Mission

Healthy Campus 2020 will:• Identify nationwide health improvement priorities in higher education.

• Increase awareness and understanding of determinants of health, disease, and disability and the opportunities for progress.

• Provide measurable objectives and goals that can be used at institutions of higher education.

• Engage multiple constituents to take actions to strengthen policies, improve practices, and empower behavior change that are driven by the best available evidence and knowledge.

• Identify and promote relevant assessment, research and data collection needs.

Overarching goals:• Create social and physical environments that promote health, safety and

learning.

• Support efforts to increase academic success, student retention and life long learning.

• Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.

• Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of the entire campus community.

• Promote quality of life, healthy development and health behaviors across all life stages.

 

What is the ACHA-NCHA?

The ACHA-NCHA is a comprehensive college health questionnaire that provides important data about a wide variety of college health topics

These data can be used to: Plan programs Prioritize campus needs Allocate resources Design strategies for intervention Identify protective and risk factors associated with academic

performance Measure progress on National Health Objectives

National College Health Assessment

• Report norms• Identify University retention

and mission objectives– Health impediments to

learning• Prioritize health care

– Allergies, back pain, sinus infections, depression

• Develop healthy campus initiatives

• Evaluate strategies

How the NCHA is Used

Public HealthPlanning

Model

HealthEducation

PolicyChanges

HealthPromotionInitiatives

• Conditions adversely affecting academics1. Stress

2. Sleep

3. Anxiety

4. Cold/Flu/Sore throat

5. Work

6. Internet use/computer games

7. Depression

8. Concern for troubled friend or family member

9. Relationship difficulties

10. Participation in extracurricular activities

Impediments to Academic Performance

• Conditions adversely affecting academics11. Finances

12.Sinus infection/Ear infection/Bronchitis/Strep throat

13. Death of a friend or family member

14. Roommate difficulties

15. Alcohol use

16. Attention Deficit/hyperactivity disorder

17. Homesickness

18. Chronic health problem or serious illness

19. Learning disability

20. Allergies

21. Chronic pain

22. Injury

23. Drug use

24. Discrimination

25. Eating disorder/problem

26. Pregnancy

27. Assault (sexual)

28. Assault (physical)

29. Gambling

30. STD/STI

Impediments to Academic Performance

What We Know about Why Students Leave College……

• Health and psychosocial variables related to retention– Smoking– Drinking– Drugs– Health-related quality of life– Social support, and– Maladaptive coping

strategies

Recent college student research found…..

• Students who participate in a health-related program or activity had statistically higher GPAs than those that did not participate.

• Fifteen (15%) percent of the GPA variance can be explained by participation in a health-related program or activity.

High School Students

• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

Monitors 6 types of health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and young adults.

• Behaviors contributing to unintentional injuries and violence.

• Sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and STD/STIs.

• AOD• Tobacco usage• Unhealthy dietary habits• Inadequate physical activity• Prevalence of obesity and asthma

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

• US high school students report.• 168 pages long.

• Maryland high school student data.• Can be generated on the YRBSS website.

• Secondary school health profiles.

• 2013 YRBSS questionnaire is now available!– Give it to your students and contribute to the national data.– Use your own data to develop programs.

What Changes Occur Between HS and College?

• HS students who smoke cigarettes take their habits to college.

• HS students who do drugs in HS take their habits to college and the drug usage increases in college.

• Alcohol consumption increases between HS and college.

• If a non-smoking college student has friends who are smokers, the non-smoker is more likely to start smoking during alcohol consumption, and become a daily smoker during college.

3 – 4 – 50 Principle

3 behaviors– Poor nutrition– Lack of physical activity– Tobacco use

Cause 4 diseases»Heart disease/stroke»Cancer»Type 2 Diabetes»Respiratory conditions (i.e. asthma)

And these 4 diseases result in 50% of all deaths!

Conclusions• High school health education is very important to

a positive college health education.• High school health education sets the stage for a

healthy college experience.• Encourage your college bound students to

complete the ACHA-NCHA survey when their college campus sends it out.

• Encourage your college bound students to get involved in healthy activities on their college campus.

Conclusions• College campuses have health education programs

designed to keep their students healthy (better academics), keep them as a student (retention), and see them graduate (alumni).

• College graduates make more money and are more likely to donate money back to their institution if they have graduated without bad health or negative health habits.– Smokers do not donate or do not donate as much

money as a non-smoker graduate.

High School and College health educators all have the opportunity to improve the health of the students within their classrooms,

outside of their classrooms, and in the

future of their lives.

Prevention through education….we all have

the responsibility!

Resources

• American College Health Association– http://acha.org

• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System– http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm

Questions?

Thank You!

Contact information:LoriDewald@yahoo.com