A comprehensive examination of the health knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 69-84

  Hayes, Brenda D ^a   Holliday, Rhonda Conerly ^a   Wade, Bruce H ^b   Trawick, Cynthia ^c   Hodge, Michael ^c   Caplan, Lee ^a   Younge, Sinead ^c   Quarshie, Alexander ^a   Satcher, David ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and other drug use; Blacks; College students; Community leaders; Domestic violence; Health knowledge; Physical activity; Sexual behavior; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249100742     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. McGinnis JM, Foege WH. Actual causes of death in the United States. JAMA. 1993 Nov. 10;270(18):2207-12.
2. Mokdad AH, Marks JS, Stroup DF, et al. Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000. JAMA. 2004 Mar. 10;291(10):1238-45. 3. Smedley BD, Stith AY, Nelson AR, eds. Unequal treatment: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003.
3. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010: understanding and improving health (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000.
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-United States, 2005. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ. 2006 June 9;55 (SS-5) :1-108.
5. Becker MH. The health belief model and personal health behavior. Health Educ Monogr. 1974;2(4):324-473.
6. Binder A. A new context for psychology: social ecology. Am Psychol. 1972;27: 903-8.
7. Butterfield RM. Health-related social influence: a social ecological perspective on tactic use. J Soc Pers Relat. 2002;19(4):505-26.
8. Bandura, A. Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychol Rev. 1977 Mar;84(2):191-215.
9. Bandura A. Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1985.
10. Washington State Department of Health. The health of Washington State: social determinants of health. Tumwater, WA: Washington State Department of Health, 2002. Available at: http://www.doh.wa.gov/HWS/doc/RPF/RPF-Soc.doc.
11. Marmot, M. Social determinants of health inequalities. Lancet. 2005 Mar. 19-25; 365(9464):1099-104.
12. Davis C, Sloan M, MacMaster S, et al. HIV/AIDS knowledge and sexual activity: an examination of racial differences in a college sample. Health Soc. Work. 2007 Aug; 32(3):211-8.
13. Racette SB, Deusinger SS, Strube MJ, et al. Changes in weight and health behaviors from freshmen through senior year of college. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2008 Jan-Feb; 40(1):39-42.
14. Sorensen G, Stoddard AM, Dubowitz T, et al. The influence of social context on changes in fruit and vegetable consumption: results of the healthy directions studies. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jul;97(7):1216-27. Epub 2007 May 30.
15. Opt S, Loffredo D, Knowles L, et al. College students and HIV/AIDS: a comparison of nontraditional and traditional student perspectives. J Am Coll Health. 2007 Sep-Oct;56(2):165-74.
16. Atlas JG, Smith GT, Holstein LA, et al. Similarities and differences between Caucasian and African American college women on eating and dieting expectancies, bulimic symptoms, dietary restraint and disinhibition. Int J Eat Disord. 2002 Nov; 32(3):326-34.
17. Suminski RR, Petosa R. Stages of change among ethnically diverse college students. J Am Coll Health. 2002 Jul;51(1):26-31. 19. Suminski RR, Petosa R, Utter AC, et al. Physical activity among ethnically diverse college students. J Am Coll Health. 2002 Sep;51(2):75-80.
18. Kann L, Warren C W, Harris WA, et al. Youth risk behavior surveillance-United States, 1993. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ. 1995 Mar. 24;44(1):1-56. 21. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: National College Health Risk Behavior Survey-United States, 1995. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ. 1997 Nov. 14;46(6):1-56.
19. National American College Health Association. American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) web summary. 2007. Available at: http://www.acha-ncha.org/data-highlights.html. 2007.
20. Fennell R. Health behaviors of students attending historically black colleges and universities: results from the National College Health Risk Survey. J Am Coll Health. 1997 Nov;46(3):109-17.
21. Ford DS, Goode CR. African American college students' health behaviors and perceptions of related health issues. J Am Coll Health. 1994 Mar;42(5):206-10.
22. Gross SM, Scott-Johnson PE, Browne DC. College-age, African American males' misperceptions about weight status, body size and shape. Ethn Dis. 2005 Autumn; 15 (4 Suppl 5) :S5-34-8.
23. Gross SM, Gary TL, Browne DC, et al. Gender differences in body image and health perceptions among graduating seniors from a historically black college. J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 Dec;97(12):1608-19.
24. Laws MA, Holliday RC, Huang CJ. Prevalence and social norms associated with cigarette smoking among college students attending historically black colleges and universities. American Journal of Health Studies. 2007;22(2):96-104.
25. Laws MA, Huang CJ, Brown RF, et al. Cigarette smoking among college students attending a historically black college and university. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006 Feb;17 (1 Suppl) :143-56.
26. Hestick H, Perrino SC, Rhodes WA, et al. Trial and lifetime smoking risks among African American college students. J Am Coll Health. 2001 Mar;49(5):213-9.
27. Powe BD, Ross L, Cooper DL. Attitudes and beliefs about smoking among African-American college students at historically black colleges and universities. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007 Apr;99(4):338-44.
28. Wang Y, Browne DC, Storr CL, et al. Gender and the tobacco-depression relationship: a sample of African American college students at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Addict Behav. 2005 Aug;30(7):1437-41.
29. Owens CS. Diabetes and obesity in African American young adult freshmen attending a historically black college/university. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2008 Nov; 19(4):1096-118.
30. Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R. A global measure of perceived stress. J Health Soc Behav. 1983 Dec;24(4):385-96.
31. DeHart DD, Birkimer JC. Trying to practice safer sex: development of the sexual risks scale. The Journal of Sex Research. 1997;34:11-25.
32. Center for the Advancement of Health. Exercising your options: the benefits of physical activity. Washington, DC: Center for the Advancement of Health, 2000.
33. Rothenberg RB, Potterat JJ, Woodhouse DE, et al. Social network dynamics and HIV transmission. AIDS. 1998 Aug. 20;12(12):1529-36.
34. Friedman SR, Neaigus A, Jose B, et al. Sociometric risk networks and risk for HIV infection. Am J Public Health. 1997 Aug;87(8):1289-96.
35. Kapner DA. Alcohol and other drug use at historically black colleges and universities. Newton, MA: The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, 2008.