Walker Elizabeth A, Futcher Regina, Segel Naomi, Menon Nandana, Vroman Julia, Gribov Alyssa E, Ortiz Kayla, Coulter Robert W S, Mair Christina F, Miller Elizabeth, Gartner Rachel E
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, UPMC Children'S Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University Center, 120 Lytton Ave., Suite 302, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 Apr 1;3(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s44263-025-00144-y.
Sexual assault on college campuses is a major public health concern. Over half of incidents of sexual violence on college campuses occur in the context of victim or perpetrator alcohol use. Students who have experienced sexual violence, including in the context of alcohol use, are likely to seek information about sexual violence resources and services online.
We developed a Website Assessment Tool to capture a student's perspective when navigating campus sexual violence and alcohol websites to find resources and services. The tool evaluates (1) accessibility, (2) comprehensibility, and (3) inclusivity of sexual violence and alcohol prevention information and resources. Alcohol policies and alcohol-related campus resources are also evaluated for linkage to sexual violence information. We assessed websites from 36 college campuses across the USA participating in a sexual violence prevention study.
The accessibility, comprehensibility, and inclusivity of educational content, services, and supports related to sexual violence and alcohol use varied widely. Websites with Title IX regulations, outlining protections against sex-based discrimination, were easily accessible for each school. Identifying whether services were confidential was inconsistent. Sexual violence resources were difficult to locate or embedded in lengthy text and difficult to comprehend, terms were not always defined, and descriptions of services were not explicitly inclusive of diverse populations. The alcohol policies for each school were accessible. Most campuses' (97%) alcohol policies and resources did not include sexual violence-related information or link alcohol-related information to their student counseling or health center website.
This Website Assessment Tool may be useful for college campuses seeking to optimize their students' receipt of information related to sexual violence and alcohol to increase awareness of sexual violence support services and to connect survivors with resources. Both sexual violence and alcohol use prevention and intervention strategies should include the prevalence and increased risk of alcohol-involved sexual violence on college campuses to help reduce alcohol-involved sexual violence and ensure survivors are connected to supports and services with few to no barriers.
大学校园中的性侵犯是一个重大的公共卫生问题。大学校园里超过一半的性暴力事件发生在受害者或施暴者饮酒的情况下。经历过性暴力的学生，包括在饮酒情况下遭遇性暴力的学生，很可能会在网上寻找有关性暴力资源和服务的信息。
我们开发了一个网站评估工具，以获取学生在浏览校园性暴力和酒精相关网站以寻找资源和服务时的观点。该工具评估（1）可及性，（2）可理解性，以及（3）性暴力和酒精预防信息及资源的包容性。同时还评估酒精政策和与酒精相关的校园资源与性暴力信息的关联情况。我们评估了美国36所参与性暴力预防研究的大学校园的网站。
与性暴力和酒精使用相关的教育内容、服务及支持的可及性、可理解性和包容性差异很大。各学校都能轻松访问列出针对基于性别的歧视保护措施的《第九章》规定的网站。确定服务是否保密并不一致。性暴力资源难以找到，或嵌入冗长文本中且难以理解，术语并非总是有定义，服务描述也未明确包含不同人群。各学校的酒精政策都可访问。大多数校园（97%）的酒精政策和资源未包含与性暴力相关的信息，也未将与酒精相关的信息链接到其学生咨询或健康中心网站。
这个网站评估工具可能对那些希望优化学生获取与性暴力和酒精相关信息的大学校园有用，以提高对性暴力支持服务的认识，并将幸存者与资源联系起来。性暴力和酒精使用的预防及干预策略都应包括大学校园里涉及酒精的性暴力的发生率及增加的风险，以帮助减少涉及酒精的性暴力，并确保幸存者能够毫无障碍或极少障碍地获得支持和服务。
