Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking Environmental Scanning NCC Skill Building Workshop April 11, 2006

NebraskaCollegiateConsortiumTo ReduceHigh-RiskDrinking

Environmental Scanning

NCC Skill Building Workshop

April 11, 2006


College Alcohol Personality Survey

Combination of content taken from two documents:

• College Alcohol Risk Assessment Guide (Ryan, Cothurst, Segars, 1997)

• A Call To Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges (Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2000)


College Alcohol Personality Survey

• Method of detecting size and magnitude of the problem when combined with student self-report data

• Expose contributing factors

• Maximize resources by focusing efforts strategically

• Uncover potential coalition partners


Neighborhood Party Complaints


Party Complaints by Time of Day


Party Complaints by Day of Week


Last Drink Data

Number of Admissions

Percent of Total

Average BAC

License A 93 16% .169

License B 49 9% .183

License C 43 8% .160

License D 43 8% .160

License E 33 6% .159

License F 32 6% .169

License G 31 5% .181

License H 23 4% .165

License J 22 4% .163

License K 19 3% .179

Total (403) 388/569 69% .169


College Alcohol Personality Survey Part One

• Campus Life• Alcohol Issues• Alcohol Availability

and Promotion• Media Environment• What’s on the Walls• Student

Neighborhood Environments

• Working Environments

• Neighborhoods Around Campus

• Parties and Events• Campus Bookstores• What Else?

– Party Risk Assessment

– On-Premise Alcohol Outlet Risk Assessment


College Alcohol Personality SurveyPart Two

• Identifying Ongoing Alcohol-Related Problems– How do you know?– Is there data to substantiate your

perception of the problem? – Is the data collected routinely or is it

based on anecdotal evidence?


College Alcohol Personality SurveyPart Three

• Contributing Factors– How do you know?– Is there data to substantiate your

perception of the problem? – Is the data routinely collected or is it

based on anecdotal evidence?


College Alcohol Personality SurveyExercise

• Individually complete both the Campus Life and Alcohol Issues sections of the CAPS – Part One.

• As a team, discuss each individual response. Compare and contrast differing opinions among team members.

• Reach consensus regarding the “team” impression for both the Campus Life and Alcohol Issues sections of the CAPS – Part One.


Prevention Activities


NIAAA Task Force Report Overview

• The Task Force on College Drinking:

• 1999 NIAAA and NIH designated task force charged with developing a national agenda on college student drinking.

• Two panels created: the Panel on Contexts and Consequences and the Panel on Prevention and Treatment.

• Panels comprised of faculty, staff, students, administrators, and other ATOD professionals.

• Each panel asked to submit a report reviewing the scientific literature, identified gaps in knowledge, and recommended promising directions for future research.



Tier 1: Evidence of effectiveness among college students

Tier 2: Evidence of success with general populations that could be applied to college environments

Tier 3: Evidence of logical and theoretical promise, but require more comprehensive evaluation.

Tier 4: Evidence of ineffectiveness



Tier 1: Evidence of Effectiveness Among College Students

• Combining cognitive-behavioral skills with norms clarification and motivational enhancement interventions

• Offering brief motivational enhancement interventions

• Challenging alcohol expectancies



Tier 2: Evidence of Success with General Populations That Could Applied to CollegeEnvironments

• Increased enforcement of minimum drinking age laws• Implementation, increased publicity, and enforcement of

other laws to reduce alcohol impaired driving• Restrictions on density of retail alcohol outlets• Increased price and excise taxes on alcoholic beverages• Responsible beverage service policies (social and

commercial)

The formation of a campus and community coalitioninvolving all major stakeholders may be critical in order toimplement these strategies.



Tier 3: Evidence of Logical and Theoretical Promise, but Require More Comprehensive Evaluation

• Reinstating Friday classes and exams and Saturday morning classes

• Implementing alcohol-free, expanded late-night student activities

• Eliminating keg parties on campus• Employing older, salaried resident assistants or hiring

adults• Further controlling or eliminating alcohol at sports events

and prohibiting tailgating• Refusing sponsorship gifts from the alcohol industry• Banning alcohol on campus, even at faculty and alumni

events



Tier 3: Evidence of Logical and Theoretical Promise, but Require More Comprehensive Evaluation

• Increasing enforcement at campus-based events that serve alcohol

• Increasing publicity about enforcement of underage drinking laws

• Consistently enforcing disciplinary actions associated with policy violations

• Conducting marketing campaigns to correct student misperceptions of alcohol use

• Providing “safe rides” programs• Regulating “happy hours” and sales• Informing new students and their parents about alcohol

policies and penalties before arrival and during orientation



Tier 4: Evidence of Ineffectiveness

• Informational, knowledge-based, or values clarification interventions about alcohol and the problems related to its excessive use (when used alone)

• Provision of blood alcohol content feedback to students


NIAAA Checklist


Discussion Questions

Using your inventory of current prevention efforts and NIAAA checklist, please discuss the following questions with your team:

1. Do your current prevention efforts incorporate evidence-based strategies? Which ones?

2. Are staff time and resources currently being spent on activities that show little or no evidence of effectiveness according to the research literature? How much?

3. Are your current efforts aimed at creating environmental change?


Resources

• The College Alcohol Personality Survey – www.faceproject.org

• The NIAAA Task Force Report – www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov

• The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention – www.edc.org/hec

• NU Directions Campus/Community Coalition – www.nudirections.org

• Nebraska Collegiate Consortium to Reduce High Risk Drinking – www.nebconsortium.org

Documents

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking Environmental Scanning NCC Skill Building Workshop April 11, 2006