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All Meredith students are invited to participate in the NCHA.

Your confidential participation will provide accurate information regarding health and wellness behaviors on our campus and will be used to develop wellness programs and services for the College. (And you’ll also have the chance to win some fun prizes!)

The following topic areas are addressed in the NCHA:

• Overall Health and Community
• COVID-19
• Weight, Nutrition, and Exercise
• USDA Food Security
• Sleep
• Safety
• Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
• Sexual Health
• Diener Flourishing Scale – Psychological Well-Being (PWB)
• Medical and Mental Health
• Services Used
• Chronic Conditions
• Impediments to Academic Performance
• Demographic Characteristic

ACHA invites students to participate in the survey via email. This email message also serves as informed consent. As indicated in the letter, consent is provided when you use the link within the email message to access the survey. The NCHA is completed online and typically takes about 20-30 minutes.

At the end of the data collection period, ACHA will provide Meredith with a list of all survey participants so incentives can be awarded. Your survey answers will not be associated with your email address. Survey results are only given to the College in aggregate form. All students who submit a survey will be automatically entered in a random drawing for one of twenty camping mugs, one of twenty double-walled tumblers, or one of ten $50 gift certificates for the campus store!

There may be some personal discomfort with the content of certain questions. For example, there are questions regarding illegal substance use, interpersonal violence, and sexual behavior. If you’d like to talk with someone about issues addressed in the survey, you may contact Dr. Mary Johnson in Student Health. 

Yes! Your participation is completely voluntary and confidential. To ensure confidentiality, email addresses are destroyed by ACHA before data are compiled and shared with ÌÇÐÄVlog. The data file shared with your school will not contain any unique identifiers. Data transmission is encrypted and firewall securities are in place. After you submit the survey to the secure server, a message thanking you for taking the NCHA-Web will be displayed in your browser window, and you will receive a confirmation email.

If answering specific demographic questions might reveal your identity, you may leave them blank. You may answer only some questions, or you may choose not to participate in the survey at all. Any reports or publications based on this research will use only group data and will not identify you or any individual as being affiliated with this project. By taking this survey, you consent to participate in the study and agree that the purpose of this study has been satisfactorily explained to you. You are free to discontinue participation at any time, and the researcher will gladly answer any questions that may arise during the research.

Refusing or withdrawing from this study will be at no penalty or loss of benefits to you.

You may contact Dr. Mary Johnson in Student Health if you have questions or concerns about the survey.