National College Health Assessment

The NCHA is a national, non-profit research effort organized by the American College Health Association to assist health care providers, health educators, counselors, and administrators in collecting data about the health of their students.

The NCHA contains approximately 300 questions that assess health status and health problems, risk and protective behaviors, access to health information, impediments to academic performance, and perceived norms across a variety of content areas including:  injury prevention, personal safety and violence; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; sexual health; weight, nutrition, and exercise; and mental health.

We last conducted the NCHA in classrooms during the fall semester of 2008.

Information on the NCHA