Universities - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The University of New Hampshire's Young Adult Health Risk Screening Initiative.

29 Sep 2009 Few comprehensive studies exist that evaluate the nutrient intake and health indicators of college-aged students. This article describes the University of New Hampshire's Young Adult Health Risk Screening Initiative and examines results from ... Read more...

Healthy Campus 2010: physical activity trends and the role information provision.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: The primary purpose of this investigation was to examine the frequency and type of self-reported physical activity behavior in postsecondary students with reference to Healthy Campus 2010 objectives. The secondary purpose was to explore ... Read more...

Alcohol screening and brief intervention in a college student health center: a randomized controlled trial.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study tested the effectiveness of brief primary care provider interventions delivered in a college student health center to a sample of college students who screened positive for high-risk drinking. METHOD: Between November 2005 and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Universities - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The University of New Hampshire's Young Adult Health Risk Screening Initiative. 29 Sep 2009
• CTSA program continues 'on track' despite backlog. 30 Aug 2009
• Healthy Campus 2010: physical activity trends and the role information provision. 29 Jun 2009
• Alcohol screening and brief intervention in a college student health center: a randomized controlled trial. 29 Jun 2009
• Screening for high-risk drinking in a college student health center: characterizing students based on quantity, frequency, and harms. 29 Jun 2009
• Magnitude of and trends in alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among U.S. college students ages 18-24, 1998-2005. 29 Jun 2009
• NIAAA's rapid response to college drinking problems initiative: reinforcing the use of evidence-based approaches in college alcohol prevention. 29 Jun 2009
• Evaluating level of specificity of normative referents in relation to personal drinking behavior. 29 Jun 2009
• Readiness to change drinking behavior in female college students. 29 Jun 2009
• Effects of residential learning communities on drinking trajectories during the first two years of college. 29 Jun 2009
• Preventing risky drinking in first-year college women: further validation of a female-specific motivational-enhancement group intervention. 29 Jun 2009
• Evaluating a comprehensive campus-community prevention intervention to reduce alcohol-related problems in a college population. 29 Jun 2009
• U.S. higher education. Report finds no gender bias in faculty hiring, resources. 3 Jun 2009
• University men's ice hockey: rates and risk of injuries over 6-years. 30 May 2009
• The truth about attrition. 30 May 2009
• Longitudinal patterns of binge drinking among first year college students with a history of tobacco use. 4 May 2009
• Mental disorders and termination of education in high-income and low- and middle-income countries: epidemiological study. 29 Apr 2009
• Migraine among university students in Cotonou (Benin). 4 Apr 2009
• Prevalence and severity of premenstrual symptoms among Iranian female university students. 30 Mar 2009
• Effect of the transition from high school to university on anthropometric and lifestyle variables in males. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Universities'

Definition: Educational institutions providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.

Descriptor UI: D014495

Alternative terms: Universities; University;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02.783.850;

Technical Notes: IM; Manual 30.8, 36.18; specify locale if pertinent; colleges as educ institutions go here: do not confuse with bodies such as "College of Physicians" which are indexed under SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), under US Dept of Defense, goes under SCHOOLS, MEDICAL + UNITED STATES; DF: UNIV