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Health Issues for College FemalesJessica Burnett
Katie HaunJan 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• Majority traditional students late teens – early
20s however, there are many non-traditional
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
Collecting Data
• Survey consisting of 20 questions• Distributed to Lunsford residents on
three seperate occasions• 51 surveys collected
Survey Topics
• Sleep• Nutrition• Stress• Smoking• Alcohol• Body Image• Depression• Sexual Health
Sleep• How many hours of sleep do you get per night
on average?– Range: 3-11– Average: 6.5
• Do you feel adequatly rested most days of the week? Yes: 35% No: 65%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
Educational Topics
• Sleep- 12%• Nutrition- 33%• Stress- 15%• Cigarette Use- 0%• Alcohol Consumption-
6%• Body Image- 15%• Sexual Health- 10%• Depression- 8%
Areas of Interest
Sleep
Nutrition
Stress
Cigarette Use
Alcohol Consump-tionBody Image
Sexual Health
Depression
Preliminary Plans
• Collaborate with ETSU Housing and RAs• Hold educational sessions for housing
residents• Nutrition, Stress, Body Image, Sleep