The development of the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment III: An improved tool to assess and enhance the health and well-being of college students. Issue 6 (24th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lederer, Alyssa M.; Hoban, Mary T.
• Is Part Of: Journal of American college health. Volume 70:Issue 6(2022)
• Page Start: 1606
• Page End: 1610
• Publication Date: 2022-08-24
• Subjects: American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment -- ACHA-NCHA III -- college health -- college students -- survey; College students -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Periodicals; College students -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; College students -- Mental health -- Periodicals; Universities and colleges -- Health promotion services -- Periodicals; 362.10883781980973
• DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1834401
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0744-8481

Abstract

Abstract: This article describes the development of the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment III (ACHA-NCHA III), a widely used comprehensive survey that assesses college students' health behaviors and outcomes at the institutional and national levels. Only the second major revision since the ACHA-NCHA was established in 2000, the ACHA-NCHA III launched in Fall of 2019. Background on the purpose and history of the ACHA-NCHA will first be provided. Then the systematic steps taken to create a new and enhanced version of the survey will be recounted. An overview of the final ACHA-NCHA III instrument will be given, and future directions for the survey post-implementation will be discussed.