Use of policy, education, and enforcement to reduce binge drinking among university students: The NU Directions project

Ian M. Newman; Duane F. Shell; Linda J. Major; Thomas A. Workman

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2006.01.005

Use of policy, education, and enforcement to reduce binge drinking among university students: The NU Directions project

Ian M. Newman, Duane F. Shell, Linda J. Major, Thomas A. Workman

Educational Psychology

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Abstract

This paper describes a programme, conducted over a 5-year period, that effectively reduced heavy drinking and alcohol-related harms among university students. The programme was organised around strategies to change the environment in which binge drinking occurred and involved input and cooperation from officials and students of the university, representatives from the city and the neighbourhood near the university, law enforcement, as well as public health and medical officials. In 1997, 62.5% of the university's approximately 16,000 undergraduate student population reported binge drinking. This rate had dropped to 47% in 2003. Similar reductions were found in both self-reported primary and secondary harms related to alcohol consumption.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	339-349
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2006.01.005
State	Published - Jul 2006

Keywords

College drinking
Environmental management strategies
Intervention programmes
United States
Young adults

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Health Policy

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