Interested in participating in the survey? These steps will give you a general idea about how to get started.
- Decide the primary purpose of the survey. Do you want to survey for
a general health assessment, a needs assessment, for comparison to
a national sample, for program planning, or for pre-test and post-test
evaluation?
- Determine your target population. Do you want to survey freshmen,
athletes, graduate students, commuters, another subset, or all students?
- Identify sources of support and campus resources available —
administrators, health center staff, other student affairs staff, IT staff,
academic departments, and graduate students. The NCHA can be
a great opportunity for campuswide collaboration.
- Decide if you want to survey in the fall or spring. The fall survey asks
students questions based on “the last 12 months”; the spring survey
asks students the same questions based on “the last school year.”
- Specify the sampling strategy and surveying method you want to use:
survey all students (web or paper); survey randomly selected students
(web or paper); survey students in randomly selected classrooms
(paper). We can help you review the pros and cons of each and figure
out your most effective choice.
- Determine if you want to offer any incentives to increase your response.
- Decide if you want to add any extra questions specific to your campus.
Proceed to Order Form and Next Steps
