College Health

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• Summary
• Start Here
• Prevention and Risk Factors

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• Specifics

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Research

• Statistics and Research
• Clinical Trials
• Journal Articles

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Summary

College life involves excitement, along with new challenges, risks, and responsibilities. You are meeting new people, learning new things, and making your own decisions. It can sometimes be stressful. You have to deal with pressures related to food, drink, appearance, drugs, and sexual activity.

There are steps you can take to stay healthy and safe while you're in college:

• Eat a balanced diet
• Get enough sleep
• Get regular physical activity
• Maintain your health with checkups and vaccinations
• If you decide to have sex, practice safe sex
• Make smart choices about alcohol and drugs
• Get help if you are stressed or depressed

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Start Here

• College Health and Safety Checklist for Students and Families (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• College Health: General Information (Boston Children's Hospital) Also in Spanish
• Common Health Problems at College (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish

Prevention and Risk Factors

• (Vaccines for) Adults Ages 19 through 26 (Department of Health and Human Services)

Specifics

• College Depression: What Parents Need to Know (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• College Health: Eating and Fitness 101 (Boston Children's Hospital)
• College Health: Health Services and Common Health Problems (Boston Children's Hospital)
• Fall Semester -- A Time for Parents to Discuss the Risks of College Drinking (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) Also in Spanish
• Importance of Sleep for College Students (University of South Florida)
• Meningococcal Disease in Preteens, Teens and Young Adults (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• Preparing for College (Food Allergy Research & Education)
• Underage Drinking: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Statistics and Research

• Harmful and Underage College Drinking (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: College Student Health (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: KAP related to first aid among first-year ethnic minority students: a...
• Article: WAIS-IV performance in fluent Danish-speaking Arabic-Danish bilingual university students: Effects of...
• Article: "I Just Had No Warning": Clinical Educators' Perceptions of Disability Accommodations...
• College Health -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Also in Spanish
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Also in Spanish
• KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)

Women

• College Women's Health (Food and Drug Administration)
• Sexual Assault on College Campuses (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)