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Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

2023

Health disparities

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Negative Impact Of Chronic Pandemic-Specific Financial Stress On Food Security Among College Students, Julia N. Soulakova,, Lisa J. Crockett, Mary Schmidt-Owens, Eric W. Schrimshaw Jul 2023

Negative Impact Of Chronic Pandemic-Specific Financial Stress On Food Security Among College Students, Julia N. Soulakova,, Lisa J. Crockett, Mary Schmidt-Owens, Eric W. Schrimshaw

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Since the pandemic started, food insecurity has become a more serious issue for U.S. college students. The study goals were to evaluate whether pandemic-specific stress contributes to current food insecurity (as of February–March of 2022) and to determine which student characteristics are associated with food insecurity. We used the 2022 Spring American College Health Association— National College Health Assessment data (n = 620) collected at a public university. We estimated two multiple logistic regression models. The odds of having very low food security (OR = 8.65, 95% CI = 4.84:15.43) and low food security (OR = 2.87, 95% CI …


Correlates Of Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake Among U.S. College Students, Julia N. Soulakova, Lisa Crockett, Mary Schmidt-Owens, Eric W. Schrimshaw Jan 2023

Correlates Of Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake Among U.S. College Students, Julia N. Soulakova, Lisa Crockett, Mary Schmidt-Owens, Eric W. Schrimshaw

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Hesitance toward COVID-19 vaccination has greatly decreased over the course of the pandemic in the U.S. However, some populations have lower vaccination rates than the general population. This study was conducted to identify correlates of being fully vaccinated (i.e., having received all doses required to be fully vaccinated) among college students using students’ responses to the 2022 Spring American College Health Association—National College Health Assessment. The surveys were administered in March of 2022. The sample (n=617) included 18-to-30-year-old students. Firth logistic regression models were performed that controlled for age, sex assigned at birth, and food security (at a 5% significance …