Wechsler H, Fulop M, Padilla A, Lee H, Patrick K
College Alcohol Studies Program, Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 1997 May;45(6):273-7. doi: 10.1080/07448481.1997.9936897.
California college students (1,864 students from 15 colleges) were compared with students who participated in the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study, which surveyed 17,592 students in 140 colleges nationwide. California college students, in comparison with the remainder of the nation, were less frequent drinkers; less frequent binge drinkers; exhibited fewer personal problems and risks associated with heavy episodic drinking, including drinking and driving; and reported fewer "secondhand" effects of binge drinking, such as being physically assaulted or experiencing an unwanted sexual advance. Many of these differences appear to be related to the California college students' being older, more likely to be married, and less likely to live on campus than those in the Harvard study. The findings suggest that, in developing programs tailored to local needs, there is significant value in augmenting national surveillance of college student health risk behaviors with the development of regional, state, and local surveillance systems.
对加利福尼亚州的大学生（来自15所学院的1864名学生）与参与哈佛公共卫生学院大学生酒精研究的学生进行了比较，该研究调查了全国140所学院的17592名学生。与美国其他地区的学生相比，加利福尼亚州的大学生饮酒频率较低；暴饮频率较低；与大量饮酒相关的个人问题和风险较少，包括酒后驾车；并且报告的暴饮“二手”影响较少，例如遭受身体攻击或遭遇不必要的性侵犯。其中许多差异似乎与加利福尼亚州的大学生年龄较大、结婚可能性更高以及住校可能性低于哈佛研究中的学生有关。研究结果表明，在制定符合当地需求的计划时，通过建立区域、州和地方监测系统来加强对大学生健康风险行为的全国监测具有重要价值。
