9/28/2017 Our Presenter Why Care About College Student Drinking? Environmental Strategies to Over 1,800 deaths among 18-24 year old college students Reduce Alcohol-Related Harm 2.8 million students between the ages of 18 and 24 Among College Students drove under the influence of alcohol last year 590,000 unintentionally injured under the influence of alcohol Bob Saltz, Ph.D., More than 690,000 assaulted by another student Prevention Research Center who has been drinking Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation More than 97,000 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape Dr. Bob Saltz About 25 percent of college students report Prevention Research Center academic consequences of their drinking including missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on exams Powered by: The Ohio State University or papers, and receiving lower grades overall 1
9/28/2017 M ean Score for 5+ Drinks in a Row in Past 2 Weeks by 4-year College Student Status Twice "the scope of the problem makes immediate results of Once any interventions highly College unlikely" Non-College Wechsler, et al., 1994 None Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 (18) (19-20) (21-22) (23-24) Measurement Wave 2
9/28/2017 Public Health Model Public Health Model Individual Individual Alcohol Environment Vehicle Traffic Laws, Roads/Intersections Alcohol-Related Problems Traffic Safety 3
9/28/2017 Task Force Recommendations Recommendations – Tier 2 …finally Increased enforcement of minimum Tier 1: Evidence of Effectiveness Among College Students drinking age laws The formation of a campus and community coalition may be critical Implementation, increased publicity, and Tier 2: Evidence of Success With General to implement these strategies Populations That Could Be Applied enforcement of other laws to reduce to College Environments alcohol-impaired driving effectively Restrictions on alcohol retail outlet density Tier 3: Evidence of Logical and Theoretical Promise, But Require Increased price and excise taxes on More Comprehensive Evaluation alcoholic beverages Tier 4: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Responsible beverage service policies in social and commercial settings 4
9/28/2017 RELATIVE PRODUCTION OF PROBLEMS BY FREQUENT BINGE VS. NON-BINGE DRINKERS (CAMPUS SAMPLE, '98 - '99 SCHOOL YEAR) 1600 So Why Not Just Go With Tier 1 Strategies? 1400 FREQUENT BINGE DRINKERS NON-BINGE DRINKERS NUMBERS OF PROBLEMS FIFTY-PERCENT CONTROL LINE Problems not limited to high-risk drinkers 1200 Sounds like a lot of work… 1000 800 600 400 …why bother? 200 0 CRIME VICTIM 2 CRIME VICTIM 1 OVERDOSE SCHOOL TROUBLE POLICE TROUBLE SEX PERP 2 SEX VICTIM 2 PHYSICAL FIGHTS SEX PERP 1 UNPROTECT SEX SEX VICTIM 1 PERFORM POORLY DAMAGE THINGS INJURED UNPLANNED SEX ARGUE WORK HIGH DUI DRINK DRIVING RUDE FORGET CRITICIZED RIDE WITH DUI REGRETS MISS CLASS BEHIND WORK DRINK CONTEST VOMIT HANGOVER PROBLEM CATEGORY 5
9/28/2017 Typical Hurdles for Comprehensive So Why Not Just Go With Tier 1 Strategies? Prevention Strategy Problems not limited to high-risk drinkers Implicit assumption that the only “target” Some difficult to implement with fidelity is high-risk drinkers Can be labor intensive & costly for large …but there are challenges Ambivalence about youth drinking populations Low perceived efficacy of preventive Some individual-level strategies might be interventions compromised in "hostile" environments Challenges of coordination and resource Opportunity to create synergy across allocation levels of intervention Possible fears of “backlash” 6
9/28/2017 Unique Hurdles for College Prevention What are we trying to prevent? Safer California Universities Project Goal: Emphasis often on “process” over Intoxication “outcome” Preference for persuasion over control To evaluate the efficacy of a “Risk Management” approach Harm related to intoxication Universities are complex, diffuse to alcohol problem prevention organizations Prevention staff trained in education, awareness strategies NIAAA grant #R01 AA12516 Prevention staff usually lacks authority to with support from CSAP/SAMHSA . launch initiatives 7
9/28/2017 Random Assignment Integrated Intervention Strategies for Strategies for Implementation Off-Campus Parties Focused on one (at most two) settings Intervention Sites Comparison Sites Compliance Checks Focused on beginning of academic year CSU Chico Cal Poly SLO DUI Check Points Highly-specified planning and Sacramento State San Jose State implementation process CSU Long Beach CSU Fullerton Party Patrols UC Berkeley UC Irvine Maximum attention to tasks and UC Davis UC Los Angeles Pass Social Host “Response Cost” implementation per se (rather than UC Riverside UC San Diego Ordinance UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Barbara process) A Social Host Safe Party Campaign Planned mid-course correction 8
9/28/2017 Outcomes Likelihood of getting drunk at a given generic setting (e.g., Greek parties; residence halls) plus additional aggregate measure across all settings Two baseline years combined vs. two years post-intervention combined Controlling for individual-level variables and campus/community variables 9
9/28/2017 Practical Significance A Matter of Degree (AMOD) Weitzman et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2004 In addition… At each campus, 900 fewer students drinking to intoxication at off-campus parties AMOD achieved reductions among college and 600 fewer getting drunk at students in: No Displacement bars/restaurants during the fall semester at • Binge Drinking intervention schools relative to controls. • Driving after drinking • Alcohol related injuries Equivalent to 6,000 fewer incidents of • Being assaulted by other drinking college intoxication at off-campus parties and 4,000 students fewer incidents at bars & restaurants during the fall semester at Safer intervention schools relative to controls 10
9/28/2017 Campus Community Strategy to Project Components Change the Drinking Culture Neighborhoods Engaging with Students (NEST) Comparison Enforcement LateNight@WWU Western Washington University Campus Community Coalition work groups were Bellingham, Washington involved in planning, implementation, and process evaluation. Saltz, et.al., 2009 11
9/28/2017 SPARC Environmental Strategies SPARC Results 1. Reduce Alcohol Availability Strong evidence that a comprehensive environmental approach that includes a focus Study to Prevent Alcohol Related 2. Address Price/Marketing on off-campus parties can be effective Consequences: 3. Improve Social Norms Level of Impact Public health significance: Using a Community Organizing Approach to 4. Minimize Harm • 228 fewer students per school experiencing 1 or more Implement Environmental Strategies in and severe consequences due to their own drinking in the Expectations of each Intervention School: around the College Campus past 30 days • 107 fewer students per school causing alcohol-related Include 3 of the 4 areas in strategic plan injuries to others in past 12 months Mark Wolfson, et al But: Impact on marginal rates: not a panacea Most strategies should be comprehensive – i.e., Wake Forrest University include Policy, Awareness, and Enforcement elements Wolfson, et.al., 2012 12
9/28/2017 www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov Future Research: Where are we heading? Environmental Strategies to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harm Replications Including Alternative Mix of Strategies Among College Students Full-Spectrum Comprehensive Interventions Bob Saltz, Ph.D., Prevention Research Center Translational Research: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation Implementation research lags far behind efficacy studies Improved Prevention Management Powered by: The Ohio State University 13
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