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，社区学院在教育劳动力方面发挥着比以往任何时候都更加重要的作用。自2007年秋季以来，社区学院的入学人数增长了17%，达到800万人（AACC，2010 a）。此外，奥巴马总统呼吁社区大学到2020年再培养500万名毕业生（Gonzalez，2010）。然而，社区大学生有一些心理社会和健康行为的危险因素，未能达到他们的学术目标。在从四年制大学开始的第一次学生中，大约四分之三的人坚持到第二年，而在两年制大学开始的第一次学生中，大约有一半人坚持到第二年（麦金托什和劳斯，2009）。拟议研究的目标是专门为社区大学生创建第一个全面的健康和酒精及其他药物（AOD）干预预防计划。以下第一阶段的具体目标已成功完成：（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）创建演示;（6）与学生进行可用性和验收测试;（7）与机构决策者和卫生工作人员进行验收测试，以及（8）完成第二阶段的研究设计。结果表明，MSB社区学院计划作为一种干预措施和技术项目具有可行性。第二阶段的具体目标是：（1）召集一个由社区学院院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）制定在线计划;（3）进行随机对照试验，以测试在线计划的有效性。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）减少压力;（2）增加使用保护性行为策略;（3）减少物质使用的负面后果;（4）减少物质使用;（5）增加大学适应。次要假设是学生将报告：（1）达到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是适应新的人口理论方法，这些方法在四年制学生的研究中取得了成功。这将通过创建一个由四年制大学健康计划的进步所告知的计划来实现，同时将研究结果与社区大学学生结合起来，以创建适当的内容，功能和交付方法。成功完成第二阶段申请的目标将通过承认和解决大量多样化但服务不足的人口的需求来扩大大学健康领域。如果该计划取得成功，它将对改善近一半本科生的健康状况产生重大的公共卫生影响（AACC，2010 a），其次是增加保留率。

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.