@article{ref1,
title="Physical and mental health issues facing community college students",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2020",
author="Cadigan, Jennifer M. and Duckworth, Jennifer C. and Lee, Christine M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine health concerns among community college (CC) students by (1) identifying and coding the self-reported health issues facing CC students and (2) examining demographic and psychosocial variables associated with health categories. Participants: 946 CC students (Mage = 26.37) recruited from January 2017 to February 2017 who completed a screening survey for a larger study. Students were asked to &quot;List three health issues facing Community College students today.&quot;   Methods: Health issues were coded into broad categories and subcategories. <br><br>RESULTS: Among the 2,601 health issues reported, one-third were medical health (36%), one-third were mental health (33%), with substance use (14%), other health (14%), and access to health care (3%) also reported. The most commonly identified health issues were &quot;general medical issues,&quot; &quot;stress,&quot; &quot;depression,&quot; and &quot;sleep.&quot;   Conclusions: Programmatic efforts to support CC students and promote prevention/intervention strategies for mental health, sleep, substance use, access to health care, and general medical concerns, remain essential.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2020.1776716",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1776716"
}