{"id":271080,"date":"2025-05-29T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-new-poll-by-the-steve-fund-signals-looming-mental-health-crisis-on-campuses-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T07:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:10:01","slug":"una-nueva-encuesta-de-the-steve-fund-senala-una-inminente-crisis-de-salud-mental-en-los-campus-de-todo-el-pais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/una-nueva-encuesta-de-the-steve-fund-senala-una-inminente-crisis-de-salud-mental-en-los-campus-de-todo-el-pais\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW POLL BY THE STEVE FUND SIGNALS LOOMING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS ON CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><b><i>51% of U.S. College Students Rate Their Mental Health as Fair, Poor, or Terrible in National Survey Conducted by The Harris Poll<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">May 28, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; A new national study from <b>The Steve Fund<\/b> <b>(TSF)<\/b>, a leading nonprofit organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people, conducted by <b>The Harris Poll<\/b> reveals that over half of college students rate their mental health as fair, poor, or terrible, underscoring a looming mental health crisis on U.S. campuses. The crisis is more acute among students from historically disadvantaged communities, who face mounting academic, emotional, and social pressures.<\/p>\n<p><b>Key Findings Include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>More than 7.5 million young people from historically disadvantaged backgrounds<\/b> in the U.S.\u2014over one in five\u2014struggle with their mental health.<\/li>\n<li><b>More than 3 in 4<\/b> students believe colleges must <b>invest more in targeted mental health<\/b> support.<\/li>\n<li><b>80% of students of color<\/b> (Black, Asian, Hispanic) want mental health programs tailored to their background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Access the full report at<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4436299-1&amp;h=2402434305&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fstevefund.org%2F&amp;a=%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0<\/a><u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4436299-1&amp;h=1593973081&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fstevefund.org%2Ftsf-harris-poll-lumina-foundation-poll%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fstevefund.org%2Ftsf-harris-poll-lumina-foundation-poll%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/stevefund.org\/tsf-harris-poll-lumina-foundation-poll\/<\/a><\/u>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Building on research conducted in 2017, the groundbreaking study by TSF explores the unique mental health challenges facing college students from across backgrounds, including those of color. It examines students&#8217; perceptions of campus climate and inclusivity, the emotional toll of identity-related stressors like discrimination, impostor phenomenon, and feelings of otherness, as well as barriers to seeking mental health support.<\/p>\n<p>The study exposes deep, longstanding gaps between the mental health needs of young people and the insufficient resources colleges and universities provide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our findings highlight the critical need to address the mental health challenges faced by students on college campuses,&#8221; <b>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Stephanie Bell-Rose<\/span>, President of The Steve Fund.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Titled <b>&#8220;<i>Student Mental Health on College Campuses,&#8221;<\/i><\/b> The Harris Poll surveyed 2,050 U.S. residents ages 18-24 <span class=\"xn-chron\">between Feb. 29 and April 1, 2024<\/span>, who were currently attending a four-year college or university in the U.S. The research follows a 2017 study conducted by The Harris Poll and commissioned by TSF and the Jed Foundation, to develop a critical comparative lens to understand trends, prioritize areas of importance to support youth in crisis.<\/p>\n<p>TSF offers a suite of initiatives, including the <b><i>Excellence in Mental Health on Campus<\/i> <\/b>program, which equips colleges with research-based strategies for building community.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4436299-1&amp;h=81592329&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fstevefund.org%2F&amp;a=www.stevefund.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.stevefund.org<\/a><\/u> to learn more about TSF.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The Steve Fund<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><b><i>51% of U.S. College Students Rate Their Mental Health as Fair, Poor, or Terrible in National Survey Conducted by The Harris Poll<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">May 28, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; A new national study from <b>The Steve Fund<\/b> <b>(TSF)<\/b>, a leading nonprofit organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people, conducted by <b>The Harris Poll<\/b> reveals that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271080"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271103,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271080\/revisions\/271103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}