The CDC publishes the Health Communication Science Digest (HCSD) electronically every month. We noted that the November issue highlights several articles related to" health communication intervention design and evaluation." Here is the monthly email from the CDC's Associate Director for Communication Science, summarizing the November issue of the HCSD. Dear colleagues, The November issue of Health [...]
In the week 9 report of influenza activity on campuses in the College Health Surveillance Network, 10 of 14 schools report 1 or more influenza-like illness cases. One school in the Midwest region had a percentage of cases that crossed the threshold of a CDC defined outbreak. At least one school in each region had a reported case. The graphic above shows ILI visits, both as an [...]
College students are not the only population making the news for alcohol use. A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nearly 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. drinks excessively (see definitions below). In contrast, around 1 in 30 adults meets the diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence. Let’s put [...]
In the week 8 report of influenza activity on campuses in the College Health Surveillance Network, 10 of 13 schools report 1 or more influenza-like illness cases. One school in the Midwest and one in the Southern region had a percentage of cases that crossed the threshold of a CDC defined outbreak. At least one school in each region had a reported case. The graphic above shows [...]
Ah, the advantages of Google Scholar Alerts. Here are some of the articles on social norms studies (mostly alcohol and other substance use; one on water conservation) that look interesting and relevant that have come our way in the last couple of weeks by way of our Google Scholar alerts: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks [...]
In the week 7 report of influenza activity on campuses in the College Health Surveillance Network, 9 of 12 schools report 1 or more influenza-like illness cases. One school in the Midwest and one in the Southern region had a percentage of cases that crossed the threshold of a CDC defined outbreak. At least one school in each region had a reported case. The graphic above shows ILI [...]
The ACHA-NCHA Spring 2014 data reveals just how prevalent misperceptions about substance use are among college students. With a sample of 79,266 students from 14o schools, the ACHA-NCHA provides a glimpse into the perceptions and reality for college students in the USA. The long established wording for asking questions about perception has been to use the phrase [...]
Two interesting studies: Alcohol Marketing and Young People's Drinking: The Role of Perceived Social Norms Ph.D. Dissertation by Gerard Hastings, University of Stirling Abstract: There has been substantial scientific debate about the impact of alcohol marketing on consumption. Relying mainly on econometric studies, the alcohol industry has traditionally maintained that alcohol marketing does not influence consumption, [...]
2019 UPDATE: We now have a series of explainer videos that explore this topic more thoroughly. You can find them here. I’ve been doing some investigating of this question. What follows is a very un-academic and incomplete summary of information from a few articles and web sites. Using a Google Scholar search for "survey response rates" articles published [...]
In the week 6 report of influenza activity on campuses in the College Health Surveillance Network, 12 of 15 schools report 1 or more influenza-like illness cases. One school in the Northeast and one in the Southern region had a percentage of cases that crossed the threshold of a CDC defined outbreak. At least one school in each region had a reported case. The [...]
