TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - African American college students' health behaviors and perceptions of related health issues
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Ford, D. S.
A1  - Goode, C. R.
SP  - 206
EP  - 210
VL  - 42
IS  - 5
N2  - The authors identify specific health-related behaviors of African American college students and compare them with the students' perceptions of corresponding health issues. Among students surveyed, the rate of cigarette smoking (4%) was very low compared with smoking rates found in a national survey (14%); but alcohol consumption was relatively high (63%), although lower than the national average of 91%. More men than women smoked, but more women than men reported they drank alcoholic beverages. Most students (90.2%) said they did not usually eat breakfast, 73.6% reported that their diets were not nutritionally balanced, and the majority (55.4%) were not involved in daily physical activity. More than half (63%) of the students reported satisfactorily handling stress, and 74.1% indicated that they were sexually active. Respondents perceived the most important health issues facing college students as HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), birth control, date rape, stress management, suicide, and alcohol and other drugs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -