College Student's Behavior, Health Beliefs, Norms, and Intentions to Use E-Cigarettes

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between college student’s behavior, health beliefs, norms, and intentions to use e-cigarettes by gender and race. A total of 442 college students with a mean age of 23.3 years old participated in the study. An electronic survey was administered among participants during the spring of 2014. The results of this study found varying patterns of use, health beliefs and intentions regarding e-cigarette use among college students of different gender and race. As research has indicated, the prevalence of use is on the rise and for effective interventions to be developed the factors that influence use need to be explored further.

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Sun Tanning Behaviors, Health Beliefs, Attitudes and Intentions among College Students

Californian Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.32398/cjhp.v12i2.2151 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 69-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michael S. Dunn

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Health Beliefs ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Health Belief ◽

Target Population ◽

Electronic Survey ◽

Adolescents And Adults ◽

Beach Resort ◽

Belief Model ◽

The University

Purpose: Even though it is well known that sun tanning can cause cancer, the behavior is practiced by a significant proportion of the US population, with about 50% of white adolescents and adults engaging in the behavior. This study assessed the sun tanning behaviors and sun tanning health beliefs, attitudes, and intentions among college students at a university in a beach resort town. Methods: Students (n=632) were recruited by email and participated in an electronic survey. All students at the university were invited to participate. Results: Females and those who had higher perceived benefits of tanning, and those who had friends who sun tanned spent more time intentionally sun tanning. Also, an association existed between having a positive attitude toward tan skin and using tanning beds (OR=2.51). Those with intentions to decrease sun tanning were more often female, had higher perceived severity of tanning, and higher selfefficacy of avoiding tanning (OR=2.30). Conclusions: Females may be a prime target population for preventive interventions since they sun tan more often, but also have higher intentions to avoid the behavior. Additionally, the results of this study seem to indicate that females’ behaviors are more predictable according to the Health Belief Model (HBM). Because of this, interventions that seek to address HBM constructs might be more effective for females compared to males.

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The Relationship between Biology Classes and Biological Reasoning and Common Heath Misconceptions

The American Biology Teacher ◽

10.1525/abt.2015.77.3.4 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 77 (3) ◽

pp. 170-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Alla Keselman ◽

Savreen Hundal ◽

Yulia Chentsova-Dutton ◽

Raquel Bibi ◽

Jay A. Edelman

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Health Beliefs ◽

Daily Life ◽

College Major ◽

Biology Education ◽

Direct Impact ◽

College Level ◽

Judgment Accuracy ◽

The Relationship ◽

Biological Reasoning

This study investigates the relationship among (1) college major, (2) knowledge used in reasoning about common health beliefs, and (3) judgment about the accuracy of those beliefs. Seventy-four college students, advanced biology and non– science majors, indicated their agreement or disagreement with commonly believed, but often inaccurate, statements about health and explained their reasoning. The results indicated that while the direct impact of college-level biology coursework on judgment accuracy was minimal, biology major was associated with increased reliance on advanced biological reasoning, which mediated judgment accuracy. However, the overall association of advanced biological reasoning with judgment accuracy was small. The discussion calls for strengthening the science–daily life connection in biology education for majors and nonmajors.

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