Effects of A 2.5-Year Campus-Wide Intervention to Reduce College Drinking

Autor/inn/en	Seo, Dong-Chul; Owens, Dee; Gassman, Ruth; Kingori, Caroline
Titel	Effects of A 2.5-Year Campus-Wide Intervention to Reduce College Drinking
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 72 (2013) 6, S.673-683 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896912460927
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Drinking; Quasiexperimental Design; College Freshmen; Pretests Posttests; Comparative Analysis; Program Effectiveness; Health Education; Alcohol Abuse; Environmental Influences; Expectation; Interviews; Surveys; Indiana; Core Alcohol and Drug Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trinken; Studienanfänger; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Expectancy; Erwartung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	Objective: The present study reports on the results of a 2.5-year college-wide, coordinated intervention that was implemented from June 2007 to December 2009 to reduce the amount and frequency of students' alcohol consumption. Design: Quasi-experimental study using a one-group (freshmen living on campus) pretest/posttest design ("N" = 6,815 in 2007-2008 and "N" = 7,550 in 2008-2009) with a pseudo comparison group (non-freshmen living off campus). Setting: Indiana University-Bloomington, USA. Method: The social-ecological framework, a multi-tiered strategy that considers the individual, the social milieu, and the environment, was used to guide the selection and implementation of interventions in a university setting to target individuals, the student population, the college, and the surrounding community to reduce high-risk drinking. Freshmen, who were mandated to live on campus, comprised the intervention group while non-freshmen living off campus comprised the pseudo comparison group that received only the environmental-level intervention. Results: A larger decrease was observed in the amount and frequency of alcohol consumption in freshmen than in non-freshmen for the intervention period (mean drinks consumed per week: -15.9% versus -7.5%; percentage of students who drank at least once a week: -17.5% versus -6.7%; and binge drinking: -12.2% versus -1.0%). Conclusion: An ecologically guided campus-wide intervention that is multi-tiered appears to be effective in reducing drinking behaviour. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10