title: Institutional characteristics and the connection to college student health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether 6 institutional characteristics were associated with health behavior and outcomes among college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chisquare statistics and ANOVAs were used to determine relationships between institutional characteristics and health issues among undergraduate participants (N = 81,242) for the spring 2011 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment II.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most institutional characteristics were significantly associated with all health issues. However, Cramer's V and eta 2 were frequently weak. Relationships between institutional characteristics and health outcomes were complex with few clear patterns.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This exploratory study provides insight into environmental influences specific to college health. Future research should consider individual student differences and campus offerings to improve understanding of how the environment affects college student health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. sara.oswalt@utsa.edu.
authors.forename: Sara B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Oswalt
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Alyssa M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lederer
authors.affiliation: Student Health Services, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Schrader
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012890:Sleep; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data