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

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking 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)

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking 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

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking Neighborhood Party Complaints

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking Party Complaints by Time of Day

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking Party Complaints by Day of Week

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking Last Drink Data Number of Admissions Percent of Total Average BAC License A9316%.169 License B499%.183 License C438%.160 License D438%.160 License E336%.159 License F326%.169 License G315%.181 License H234%.165 License J224%.163 License K193%.179 Total (403)388/56969%.169

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking 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

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking College Alcohol Personality Survey Part 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?

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking College Alcohol Personality Survey Part 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?

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking College Alcohol Personality Survey Exercise 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.

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking Prevention Activities

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking 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.

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking NIAAA Task Force Report Overview 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

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking NIAAA Task Force Report Overview 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

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking NIAAA Task Force Report Overview Tier 2: Evidence of Success with General Populations That Could Applied to College Environments 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 coalition involving all major stakeholders may be critical in order to implement these strategies.

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking NIAAA Task Force Report Overview 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

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking NIAAA Task Force Report Overview 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

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking NIAAA Task Force Report Overview 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

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking NIAAA Checklist

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking 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?

Nebraska Collegiate Consortium To Reduce High-Risk Drinking Resources The College Alcohol Personality Survey – The NIAAA Task Force Report – The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention – NU Directions Campus/Community Coalition – Nebraska Collegiate Consortium to Reduce High Risk Drinking –