Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2023 Mar;24(2):366-372. doi: 10.1177/15248399211056302. Epub 2021 Nov 26.
Excessive alcohol consumption is responsible for more than 1,500 deaths annually among college students, of whom more than one in three report having been drunk during the past 30 days. Campus alcohol policies offer a first line of defense against excessive alcohol use but have received little systematic attention in the research literature. The research team previously developed a taxonomy of campus alcohol policies and sanctions, ranked in order of effectiveness, and assessed the accessibility, clarity, and effectiveness of policies at 15 post-secondary educational institutions. Herein we describe the process of reporting those assessments back to the 15 institutions, providing them with recommendations and technical assistance on how to improve their policies, and then re-assessing school alcohol policies for effectiveness and clarity. Conversations with primary points of contact at each school provided further insight into the process of assessing and improving campus alcohol policies. Of the 15 schools assessed, 11 added more effective policies, and four added more effective consequences during the 2 years following receipt of reports on the assessment. Campuses have control over their own policies, and greater attention to them from researchers and practitioners could better maximize their potential for enhancing student health and safety and supporting student success.
酗酒每年导致 1500 多名大学生死亡，其中超过三分之一的大学生报告在过去 30 天内醉酒。校园酒精政策是预防过度饮酒的第一道防线，但在研究文献中却很少受到系统关注。研究小组之前开发了校园酒精政策和制裁的分类法，并按有效性进行了排序，并在 15 所高等教育机构评估了政策的可及性、清晰度和有效性。在此，我们描述了将这些评估报告反馈给 15 所学校的过程，为他们提供了改进政策的建议和技术援助，然后重新评估了学校酒精政策的有效性和清晰度。与每所学校的主要联系人的对话进一步深入了解了评估和改进校园酒精政策的过程。在接受评估报告后的 2 年内，15 所被评估的学校中有 11 所增加了更有效的政策，4 所增加了更有效的后果。各校区可以控制自己的政策，如果研究人员和从业人员更加关注这些政策，就可以更好地发挥其潜力，促进学生的健康和安全，并支持学生的成功。
