Comfort in seeking support from sexual violence prevention education health services among college women.

Jones, Shalaurey L.; Banta, Jim E.; Cook, Mekeila; Mataya, Ronald; Zuniga, Jennifer

Objective: Explores racial differences of sexual violence-(SV) health service-(HS) outcomes among college women: (1) seeking support from a confidential-resource-(CR) and (2) reporting SV to the Title IX office. Participants: Data was collected from all ages of women (N = 583) and grade levels from one-large university on the Pacific-coast. Methods: Logistic-regression of HS outcomes were performed using the Fall 2016 American College Health Association-NCHA-II-survey. Results: The following variables increased the likelihood of women seeking support from the two health-services: (#1CR) relationship-status, race, and experiencing sexual-violence. WOC were 7x more likely to seek support if physically-assaulted, and WW were 3.9x more likely to seek support if a graduate student. (#2Title IX) year in school, physical-assault, and receiving prevention-education after the first-year in college. Overall, there were significant differences by race in the variables that influenced WW and WOC's comfort or likelihood to seek support. Conclusion: Colleges need to consider the disproportionate impact of SV on WOC.

PEARSON correlation (Statistics); CROSS-sectional method; WOMEN; SEX crimes; RESEARCH funding; MEDICAL care; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; LOGISTIC regression analysis; HELP-seeking behavior; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; RACE; ODDS ratio; COLLEGE students; SOCIAL support; CONFIDENCE intervals; DATA analysis software

Journal of American College Health, 2025, Vol 73, Issue 1, p65

0744-8481

Academic Journal

10.1080/07448481.2022.2155051