Health Issues for College Females

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