Healthy Campus 2010 How We’re Making it Happen at Iowa State University Lauri Dusselier, MS -...

Healthy Campus 2010

How We’re Making it Happen at Iowa State University

Lauri Dusselier, MS - ldussel@iastate.edu

Iowa State University 27,000 Students 56% male, 44% female 93% are age 18 - 24 Race/Ethnicity:

African American 2.7% American Indian/Alaskan 0.3% Asian/Pacific Islander 3.0% Hispanic 2.1% White 88.0% International 3.9%

Where we are located:

Healthy Campus 2010Example:

22-15a

Increase the proportion of college students that rode a bicycle in the last school year

TargetsNational DNC College 65.0% Our Campus 65.0%

BaselinesNational DNC College 53.0% Our Campus 63.2%

Calculating Baseline Data Appendix D in Healthy Campus 2010: Making it

Happen

Instructions for calculating baseline data

70 Objectives

Calculating Baseline Data for ISU

National College Health Assessment (NCHA)

2000 2001 2002

ISU Student Alcohol Survey 2003

Difference in Data year-to-year?

Looked for big changes between years.

Calculated z-scores for those items.

Only a few had change that was statistically significant.

We have not explained the changes, but made note of them.

Calculating Targets for Our Campus

If the College baseline was better than ours, we used the College target.

If Our Campus baseline was better than the College target, we used better than the best method.

Differences between Our Campus and College Baselines

12 areas of difference

On 5 objectives – Our Campus was healthier than College

On 7 objectives - Our Campus was less healthy than College

Areas in which we’re less healthy

Injury and Violence15-21Increase the proportion of motorcyclists using helmets.Targets

National College 71.8% Our Campus 71.8%Baselines

National College 50.6% Our Campus 23.8%

15-23Increase use of helmets by bicyclists.Targets

National College 24.1% Our Campus 24.1%Baselines

National College 11.4% Our Campus 3.9%

Injury and Violence15-23a

Increase use of helmets by inline skaters.

TargetsNational College 19.6% Our Campus

19.6%Baselines

National College 5.7% Our Campus 2.4% 

Responsible Sexual Behavior9-7aReduce unintentional pregnancies among college

women. Targets

National College 17.5 Our Campus17.5

BaselinesNational College 25.3 Our Campus

56.0

Rate per 1000

Responsible Sexual Behavior136dIncrease the proportion of sexually active persons who used

condoms at last anal intercourse Female college studentsTargets

National College 70.0% Our Campus 70.0%Baselines

National College 16.2% Our Campus 2.0% Male college studentsTargets

National College 70.0% Our Campus 70.0%Baselines

National College 35.5% Our Campus 6.0%

Tobacco UseSpit Tobacco

TargetsNational College 1.0% Our Campus

1.0%Baselines

National College 3.7% Our Campus7.0%

Other12-15 Increase the proportion of adults and college

students who have had their blood cholesterol checked with the preceding five years.

 Targets

National College 62.1% Our Campus62.1%

BaselinesNational College 45.2% Our Campus27.8%

Areas in which we’re healthier

Physical Activity22-15a

Increase the proportion of college students that rode a bicycle in the last school year

TargetsNational College 65.0% Our Campus 65.0%

BaselinesNational College 53.0% Our Campus 63.2%

Substance Abuse26-10b

Reduce the proportion of adolescents ages 12-17, and college students reporting use of marijuana during the past 30 days.

TargetsNational College 1.0% Our Campus 1.0%

BaselinesNational College 14.8% Our Campus

8.8%

Responsible Sexual Behavior25-2Reduce gonorrhea Targets

National College 49 Our Campus49

BaselinesNational College 367 Our Campus

130Rate per 1000

Tobacco Use27-1/2

Reduce tobacco use by adolescents, adults 18 years and older, and college students

Cigarette SmokingTargets

National College 10.5% Our Campus 10.5%Baselines

National College 25.1% Our Campus 19.4%

Injury and Violence15-36

Reduce sexual assault other than rape.

TargetsNational College 56.4 Our Campus 56.4

BaselinesNational College 96.0 Our Campus 58.9

Rate per 1000

Next Steps Share information with related

departments

Conduct the NCHA in Spring 2006

Collaborate with other departments on programming

Collaboration Knowing the areas in which we’re less

healthy, with which offices on campus would you collaborate?

Helmet use by motorcyclists, bicyclists, and inline skaters

Unintended pregnancy Condom use Spit tobacco use Having cholesterol checked

Thanks!