Herb and Dietary Supplement Use Among College Students

Herb and Dietary Supplement Use Among College Students 

In February 2019, the FDA announced strengthening its oversight of the dietary supplement industry as “explosive growth” has resulted in risks to consumers. This is especially worrisome at the collegiate level since studies suggest up to 70% of young adults report using herbs and dietary supplements. This session will highlight popular products and usage among college students, top reasons for use, and safety and pharmacology. Additionally, we will discuss how to interpret Supplement Facts Labels. 

Session Information 

Format:  Self-paced, recorded webinar
Original Recording Date: September 29, 2020  

Release Date: September 29, 2020 
Expiration Date: May 19, 2022 
ACPE Expiration Date: December 31, 2020
After the expiration date, this webinar will no longer be accessible for viewing or downloading.
CE Credit must be requested by the expiration date.

Cost: 
$25 for ACHA individual members 
$50 for nonmembers

Fees are nonrefundable.

Speaker(s)

Dawn Null, PhD, MS, RD, LDN 
Southern Illinois University 

Intended Audience

• Advanced Practice Clinicians
• Dietitian/Nutritionist
• Health Educator
• Mental Health Professional
• Nurse
• Pharmacist
• Physician

Learning Objectives

After this session, participants should be able to: 

1. Discuss the most popular herbal and dietary supplements used among college students, along with safety and pharmacology of each.
2. Describe how to read and interpret a Supplement Facts Label.

Program Planning Committee

Resolution of Potential Conflicts of Interest — Program Planning Committee
Committee members have completed conflict of interest statements regarding relationships with commercial entities.

• Melanie Trost, MD, has disclosed that her spouse owns general stock in Gilead Sciences.
• Ryan Patel has disclosed that he owns stock in Pfizer, GSK, Celgene, and Abbvie.

All other Program Planning Committee members have reported no relevant conflicts of interest.

• Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee Roster

Credit and Disclosures

Types of Credit Available

Refer to the Continuing Education Key.

• CME: 1.0 
• CHES: 1.0
• PsyCE: 1.0
• ACPE: 1.0
• CPEU: 1.0

Instructions for Obtaining Credit (or certificate of attendance)

Select the "Contents" tab above (registered users only) for access to the following components. It is estimated that it will require one hour to view the webinar and complete the post-test. Credit must be requested by the program expiration date (see "Overview" tab above).

Step 1:  View the webinar video in its entirety.

Step 2:  Complete the mandatory Post-test for CE Credit.

Step 3:  Select the certificate for the type of credit you are requesting. Select "Certificate of Attendance" if no credit is being requested. 

Statements and Disclosures

Continuing Education 

The American College Health Association (ACHA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACHA designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Sponsored by ACHA, a designated provider of continuing education content hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category 1 continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level contact hours available are 0. There are 0 Continuing Competency credits available.

ACHA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. ACHA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program has been awarded 1.0 hour of continuing education for psychologists.

The American College Health Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6397. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACHA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity (UAN: 0025-9999-20-048-H04-P) meets the ACPE criteria for 1.0 credit hour (0.1 CEUs) of knowledge-based continuing pharmacy education credit targeted to pharmacists in college health ambulatory settings. This activity is jointly provided by ACHA.

This activity has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 1.0 CPEUs.

Successful Completion/Post Test
It is the policy of the American College Health Association that when a post-test is required upon completion of a continuing education activity, participants must receive a passing grade of 80%. If participants receive a grade lower than 80%, they will be given the opportunity to re-take the post-test one time. If they receive 80% or higher the second time, they will be awarded continuing education credits/contact hours for the activity. We encourage participants to complete the post-test immediately after viewing the download.

Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest occurs when an individual has an opportunity to affect educational content about health-care products or services of a commercial company with which she/he has a financial relationship.

All planners and presenters of this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this activity.

Off-Label Product Use
This educational activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).