Interested in participating in the NCHA?

These steps will give you a general idea about how to get started and materials you’ll need to provide to begin surveying on your campus.

 

Preview the Current Version of the Survey

This is the version of the survey that you’ll use to survey your students. As trends change and data needs evolve, we periodically update the survey to better represent today’s student populations.

 

Learn More

 

Questions to Consider Before You Begin

  • 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?
  • 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 campus-wide collaboration.
  • Specify the sampling strategy and surveying method you want to use: survey all students, survey randomly selected students, etc.
  • Determine if you want to offer any incentives to increase your response.
  • Determine if you need to opt-out of the standardized firearms questions (questions N3Q86A-C, you may view them in the current version of the survey).
  • Decide if you want to add any extra questions specific to your campus (please reach out to the NCHA Program Office for a quote if so).

 

Submit the Order Form and Payment

Based upon your selected sample size and survey customizations, complete a web survey order form and submit it with your initial payment for the total number of students to be surveyed and the reports package.

 

Get the Order Form

 

ACHA Institutional Members receive discounted pricing on the NCHA. Join ACHA today!

 

Submit Your Required Materials

After submitting your order form:

  1. Email us a spreadsheet file of student email addresses, your letter of invitation/consent, your preferred subject line, and your reminder letter for non-responders.
  2. Send us a copy of your Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval (and administrative approval, if applicable.) Refer to the FAQs for additional information.
  3. We handle the rest — we email the invitation and reminder invitation to your students, collect and download the data, and generate your data reports.

 

What’s Next?

Once the process and survey period have concluded, we’ll provide you with your Data Reports Package. The average turnaround time for the return of your institutional results is only six weeks or less once your survey has closed. Learn more here.