MyStudentBody-Community College: A Health Website for Students

描述（由申请人提供）：在当前的经济环境下，社区大学在教育劳动力方面发挥着比以往任何时候都重要的作用。自2007年秋季以来，社区大学的入学人数增长了17%，达到800万（AACC， 2010年a）。此外，奥巴马总统呼吁社区大学到2020年多培养500万毕业生（Gonzalez, 2010）。然而，社区大学生有许多心理社会和健康行为的风险因素未能达到他们的学业目标。在第一次进入四年制大学的学生中，大约四分之三的人坚持到第二年，相比之下，大约一半的第一次进入两年制大学的学生（麦金托什和劳斯，2009年）。提出的研究目标是创建第一个全面的健康和酒精和其他药物（AOD）干预预防计划，专门为社区大学生。成功完成了以下第一阶段的具体目标：（1-3）采访学生、卫生工作人员和机构决策者；(4)制作内容、设计和开发计划；(5)进行演示；(6)对学生进行可用性和验收测试；(7)与机构决策者和卫生人员进行验收测试；(8)完成二期研究设计。结果表明，msb -社区学院项目作为一项干预和技术项目具有可行性。第二阶段的具体目标是：(1)召集一个由社区大学校长和卫生专业人员组成的咨询委员会，为实施战略提供信息；(2)制作在线课程；(3)进行随机对照试验，检验在线课程的有效性。我们假设，与对照组的学生相比，接触msb社区学院的学生将表现出：(1)压力减轻；(2)保护行为策略的使用增加；(3)减少药物使用的负面后果；(4)物质使用减少；(5)大学适应增加。第二种假设是，学生将报告：(1)实现个人学术目标的可能性增加；(2)获得学位/证书或坚持学习计划的可能性增加。目前第二阶段应用的创新之处在于适应一种新的人口理论方法，这种方法已经在四年制学生的研究中取得了成功。这将通过创建一个项目来实现，该项目将借鉴四年制大学健康项目的进展，同时结合社区大学学生的研究成果来创建适当的内容、特色和交付方法。成功完成这一第二阶段申请的目标，将通过承认和解决庞大而多样化但服务不足的人口的需求，扩大大学健康领域。如果该方案取得成功，它将在改善几乎一半本科生的健康方面产生重大的公共卫生影响（AACC， 2010年a），其次要目标也是增加保留率。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the current economic climate, community colleges are playing a more vital role than ever in educating the workforce. Enrollment at community colleges has grown by 17 percent since fall 2007 to a total enrollment of 8 million (AACC, 2010a). Moreover, President Obama has called on community colleges to produce five million more graduates by 2020 (Gonzalez, 2010). However, community college students have a number of psychosocial and health behavior risk factors for failing to meet their academic goals. Among first-time students who start at a four-year college, approximately three-quarters persist to the second year, compared to roughly half of first-time students who start at a two-year college (McIntosh and Rouse, 2009). The objectives of the proposed research are to create the first comprehensive wellness and alcohol and other drug (AOD) intervention prevention program specifically for community college students. The following Phase I specific aims were successfully completed: (1-3) Interview students, health staff, and institutional decision makers; (4) Produce Content, Design, and Development Plans; (5) Create a demonstration; (6) Conduct usability and acceptance testing with students; (7) Conduct acceptance testing with institutional decision makers and health staff, and (8) Complete the Phase II research design. Results indicate that the MSB-Community College program has feasibility as an intervention and as a technical project. The specific aims of the Phase II are to: (1) Convene an advisory board of community college presidents and health professionals to inform implementation strategy; (2) Produce the online program, and (3) Conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of the online program. We hypothesize that, compared to students in the control group, students exposed to MSB-Community College will demonstrate: (1) decreased stress; (2) increased use of protective behavioral strategies; (3) decreased substance use negative consequences; (4) decreased substance use, and (5) increased college adjustment. Secondary hypotheses are that students will report: (1) increased likelihood of reaching a personal academic goal and (2) increased likelihood of attainment of a degree/certificate, or persistence with a program of study. The innovation of the current Phase II application is in adapting to a new population theoretical approaches that have been successful in research with four year students. This will be achieved by creating a program that is informed by advances in four-year college health programs while incorporating findings from research with community college students to create appropriate content, features, and a delivery method. Successful completion of the aims of this Phase II application will expand the field of college health by acknowledging and addressing the needs of a large and diverse, yet underserved, population. If the program is successful, it will have a significant public health impact in terms of improving the health of almost half of all undergraduates (AACC, 2010a), with the secondary goal of also increasing retention. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The objectives of the proposed research are to create the first comprehensive wellness and alcohol and other drug (AOD) intervention prevention program specifically for community college students. The innovation of the current Phase II application is in adapting theoretical approaches that have been successful in research with four year students to a new population. If the program is successful, it will have a significant public health impact in terms of improving the health of almost half of all undergraduates (AACC, 2010a), with the secondary goal of also increasing retention.