The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students’ Health and Financial Stability in New York City: Findings from a Population-Based Sample of City University of New York (CUNY) Students

AbstractUnderstanding the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on students’ health and financial stability is important to establish effective interventions to mitigate these effects, which may have long-term consequences on their health and wellbeing. Public universities in urban centers represent a substantial proportion of college students in the United States. We implemented a cross-sectional population-based online survey of 2,282 students in a large, public university in New York City in April 2020. We created weights to account for non-response and used Poisson regression with robust standard errors to estimate adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) for factors associated with mental health outcomes. Students experienced high rates of anxiety/depression and financial instability due to the pandemic. Half of the students reported anxiety/depression (54.5%) and an increased need for mental health services (49.0%) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority (81.1%) reported loss of household income, and half (49.8%) reported worries about losing housing. High levels of food (aPR=1.4, 95% CI 1.2, 1.6) and housing (aPR=1.3, 95% CI 1.2, 1.4) insecurity were the strongest predictors of anxiety/depression. Household and personal experiences with possible COVID-19 symptoms were also associated with anxiety/depression or the need for increased mental health services. Addressing student needs at public urban universities requires an integrated holistic approach that targets urgent mental health and economic needs related to the impact of COVID-19. Students who become infected need mental health services as well as health monitoring.

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A Comparison of Common Health Indicators From Two Surveys of Latinos in the Bronx, New York

Hispanic Health Care International ◽

10.1177/1540415320902372 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 71-76

Author(s):

Aldo Crossa ◽

Jillian Jessup ◽

Sze Yan Liu ◽

Carmen R. Isasi ◽

David B. Hanna ◽

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Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

Community Health ◽

Health Survey ◽

York City ◽

The United States ◽

Population Based ◽

Current Smoking ◽

Community Health Survey ◽

The Impact

Introduction: Population health surveys inform and demonstrate the impact of public health policies. However, the performance of such surveys in specific groups of interest (e.g., Hispanics/Latinos in a neighborhood of New York City) is rarely studied. Method: We compared measures for obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and current smoking based on the New York City Community Health Survey (CHS, a telephone survey of New York City adults) with the Hispanic Community Health Survey/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), an in-person survey of Hispanic/Latino adults in four communities in the United States (2008-2011), including the Bronx. CHS data were limited to Hispanic/Latinos living in the HCHS/SOL Bronx catchment area. Results: Compared with CHS, HCHS/SOL estimated higher prevalence of obesity (in HCHS/SOL, PHCHS/SOL = 45.0% vs. in CHS, PCHS = 30.6%, p < .01) and current smoking (PHCHS/SOL = 21.2% vs. PCHS = 16.2%, p < .01) but similar for hypertension (PHCHS/SOL = 33.1% vs. PCHS = 33.8%, p > .05) and diabetes (PHCHS/SOL = 15.2% vs. PCHS = 15.7%, p > .05). Stratified estimates (by age, sex, education, and Hispanic/Latino heritage) followed similar trends. Conclusion: Our study emphasizes the importance of assessing potential bias in population-based surveys of Hispanics/Latinos and other populations of interest and highlights the complex nature of measuring health outcomes via population-based surveys.

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Documentation status and psychological distress among New York City community college students.

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology ◽

10.1037/cdp0000290 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 11-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ahmed Alif ◽

Bryan S. Nelson ◽

Ana Stefancic ◽

Riya Ahmed ◽

Sumie Okazaki

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Community College ◽

New York ◽

New York City ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

Community College Students ◽

York City ◽

City Community ◽

Documentation Status

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The Impact of Tax Reform on Higher Education in New York City

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1089279 ◽

1989 ◽

Author(s):

Cameron Elliott Gordon

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

New York ◽

New York City ◽

York City ◽

Tax Reform ◽

The Impact

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The Impact of Customer Loyalty and Restaurant Sanitation Grades on Revisit Intention and the Importance of Narrative Information: The Case of New York Restaurant Sanitation Grading System

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly ◽

10.1177/1938965517744075 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 59 (3) ◽

pp. 275-284 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Min Gyung Kim ◽

Hyunjoo Yang ◽

Anna S. Mattila

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

Customer Loyalty ◽

York City ◽

Letter Grades ◽

The Difference ◽

Revisit Intentions ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

Loyal Customers

New York City launched a restaurant sanitation letter grade system in 2010. We evaluate the impact of customer loyalty on restaurant revisit intentions after exposure to a sanitation grade alone, and after exposure to a sanitation grade plus narrative information about sanitation violations (e.g., presence of rats). We use a 2 (loyalty: high or low) × 4 (sanitation grade: A, B, C, or pending) between-subjects full factorial design to test the hypotheses using data from 547 participants recruited from Amazon MTurk who reside in the New York City area. Our study yields three findings. First, loyal customers exhibit higher intentions to revisit restaurants than non-loyal customers, regardless of sanitation letter grades. Second, the difference in revisit intentions between loyal and non-loyal customers is higher when sanitation grades are poorer. Finally, loyal customers are less sensitive to narrative information about sanitation violations.

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