Michigan State University participated in the National College Health Assessment Survey through Olin Student Health Center’s membership in the American College Health Association (ACHA). The survey is meant to help MSU, parents, and students:

• better understand trends,
• identify emerging problems,
• report behavioral norms,
• identify risk factors to safety and academic performance,
• prioritize student health care issues,
• allocate resources for programming,
• design new programs, and
• evaluate current strategies.

About the Data

A web survey designed by the CORE Institute and the ACHA was administered to a disproportionate, stratified random sample of 3,000 MSU students in February, 2004, at the same time the same survey was being administered on more than 179 other campuses across the nation as well. At MSU, minority students were over-sampled to facilitate more meaningful analyses based on racial or ethnic background. At MSU, the online survey was carried out by the Office for Survey Research within the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. A total of 1335 students completed the online survey. Resources from this, and previous arounds are avilable online.