Sociology Department, University of California at Riverside, Watkins 1214, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Sociology Department, UC Los Angeles, 264 Haines Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1551, USA.
J Prev (2022). 2022 Oct;43(5):605-622. doi: 10.1007/s10935-022-00686-z. Epub 2022 Jun 13.
We examined event organizers' understandings and management of alcohol-related risk and accommodation of people in recovery from substance use disorders and other non-drinkers, when organizing alcohol-permitted events that primarily involved faculty, staff, and graduate students. We interviewed 31 event organizers at a large, public university in California. Organizers were most concerned about avoiding legal liabilities, were less concerned about promoting responsible drinking among drinkers, and often failed to consider the needs of non-drinkers. Their actions were informed by problematic beliefs about alcohol (e.g., people need alcohol to relax and socialize), drinkers (e.g., only undergraduate students engage in risky alcohol consumption), and people in recovery (e.g., they lack self-control). Organizers over-relied on informal control to shape attendees' behavior, failing to acknowledge contextual factors. They need education on how they can shape the event context to better promote healthy behaviors, avoid exclusively focusing on informal control and prevention of unhealthy behaviors, and promote better inclusion of people who do not drink alcohol. There is fertile ground for infusing a culture of health into events in higher education.
我们考察了活动组织者在组织主要面向教职员工和研究生的允许饮酒活动时，对与酒精相关的风险的理解和管理，以及对正在康复的物质使用障碍者和非饮酒者的照顾。我们在加利福尼亚州的一所大型公立大学采访了 31 名活动组织者。组织者最关心的是避免法律责任，而较少关注促进饮酒者负责任地饮酒，并且经常不考虑非饮酒者的需求。他们的行为受到有关酒精的问题观念（例如，人们需要酒精来放松和社交）、饮酒者（例如，只有本科生才会从事危险的饮酒行为）和康复者（例如，他们缺乏自我控制）的影响。组织者过分依赖非正式控制来塑造与会者的行为，而没有认识到背景因素。他们需要接受有关如何塑造活动环境以更好地促进健康行为的教育，避免仅专注于非正式控制和预防不健康行为，并促进不饮酒者更好地参与。在高等教育中，将健康文化融入活动具有很大的潜力。
