Physical Health, Lifestyle Beliefs and Behaviors, and Mental Health of Entering Graduate Health Professional Students: Evidence to Support Screening and Early Intervention

Little is known about the physical health, lifestyle beliefs and behaviors, and mental health among first-year health professional graduate students. The purpose of this study, published in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, was to describe these attributes and to explore the relationships among them. The researchers conducted a descriptive correlational study using the baseline data from a wellness onboarding intervention study with 93 health sciences students from seven different colleges within a large public land grant university in the Midwest United States. The findings indicated that students entering health professional schools are at high risk for depression, anxiety, and unhealthy behaviors, which could be averted through screening and early evidence-based interventions.

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