title: A Health Assessment Survey of Veteran Students: Utilizing a Community College-Veterans Affairs Medical Center Partnership.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess health status among student veterans at a community college utilizing a partnership between a Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a community college.
  
  
  METHODS
  Student veterans at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, in January to April 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  A health assessment survey was sent to 978 veteran students. Descriptive analyses to assess prevalence of clinical diagnoses and health behaviors were performed. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess for independent predictors of functional limitations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  204 students participated in the survey (21% response rate). Self-reported depression and unhealthy behaviors were high. Physical and emotional limitations (45% and 35%, respectively), and pain interfering with work (42%) were reported. Logistic regression analyses confirmed the independent association of self-reported depression with functional limitation (odds ratio [OR] = 3.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4-7.8, p < 0.05, and C statistic 0.72) and of post-traumatic stress disorder with pain interfering with work (OR 3.9, CI 1.1-13.6, p < 0.05, and C statistic 0.75).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A health assessment survey identified priority areas to inform targeted health promotion for student veterans at a community college. A partnership between a Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a community college can be utilized to help understand the health needs of veteran students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Value Based Care Research, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, G10, Cleveland, OH 44195.
authors.forename: Anita D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Misra-Hebert
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Human Performance, Jerry and Vickie Moyes College of Education, Weber State University, 1435 Village Drive, Department 2801, Ogden, UT 84408-2801.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santurri
authors.affiliation: Veterans Services and Programs, Cuyahoga Community College, 2900 Community College Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115-3193.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DeChant
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106.
authors.forename: Brook
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.affiliation: Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109-1998.
authors.forename: Ashwini R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sehgal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Aron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*