Recovery resources for college students: Leveraging web scraping to unveil current estimates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Growing recognition of the importance of addressing substance use among emerging adults has led to a rapid expansion of recovery services on college campuses. However, existing estimates on collegiate recovery programs or communities (CRPs/Cs) and other services are outdated or lack rigor, leaving the extent of these resources unclear. This study aimed to fill this gap in our understanding by providing current estimates of recovery-related resources.

Method

Utilizing the Python web scraping library BeautifulSoup, we gathered a large sample of ".edu"-hosted webpages (N = 995) with references to recovery services (e.g., "collegiate recovery", "peer support"). Eligible webpages (n = 552) were screened by a team of 11 reviewers to extract information on t

SUBMITTER: Bell JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806936 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature