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EDUCATION: COLLEGE: STUDENTS :
DRUG ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE: ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM:
NIH-Supported Studies Show Online Course
Helps Reduce Harmful College Drinking
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 14:39:58 -0400
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Subject: NIH-Supported Studies Show Online Course
Helps Reduce Harmful College Drinking
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
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For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 1, 2011
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NIH-SUPPORTED STUDIES SHOW ONLINE COURSE
HELPS REDUCE HARMFUL COLLEGE DRINKING
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An online alcohol prevention course can help reduce harmful drinking among
college freshmen, but the benefits in the fall don't last through the
spring, according to a study supported by the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of
Health.
Led by Mallie J. Paschall, Ph.D., and colleagues at the Pacific Institute
for Research and Evaluation in Berkeley, Calif., the research evaluated
the effectiveness of a commercially available Internet-based alcohol
misuse prevention course known as AlcoholEdu. The researchers had no
connection with the company that developed and sells the course.
"Our findings indicate that this course can be a useful component of an
overall strategy that combines campus-wide and environmental interventions
to prevent harmful drinking by college students," says Dr. Paschall.
The course consists of five modules, four of which are typically offered
in the late summer before freshmen arrive on campus, and one module that
students complete during the early fall semester. The modules include
instruction on the definition of a standard drink; the physiologic effects
of alcohol; social influences on alcohol use; alcohol laws; feedback to
correct misperceptions about college drinking norms; and alcohol
harm-reduction strategies.
As reported in the Sept., 2011 issue of the American Journal of Preventive
Medicine, Dr. Paschall and colleagues conducted a randomized trial of the
course at 30 public and private universities in the United States.
Incoming freshmen at half of the universities took the course, while
students at the other schools served as controls and received whatever
alcohol prevention programs those schools normally provide to new
students. An average of 90 students at each campus subsequently
participated in periodic surveys that assessed their past-30-day alcohol
use, average number of drinks per occasion, and binge drinking frequency.
"Prior studies have shown that the freshman year is a particularly risky
time for hazardous drinking among college students," notes Ralph Hingson,
Sc.D., director of the NIAAA division of epidemiology and prevention
research. "There is a need for effective prevention strategies that are
timed to address this problem."
The researchers found that students who took the online course reported
significantly reduced alcohol use and binge drinking during the fall
semester, compared with control students. These beneficial effects,
however, did not persist into the spring semester.
"These findings represent one hopeful step in the long journey to address
this complex issue," says NIAAA Acting Director Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D.
"Each year approximately 1,825 college students die from alcohol-related
unintentional injuries; 696,000 students are assaulted by another student
who has been drinking; and 97,000 students are victims of alcohol-related
sexual assault or date rape."
"Lack of course effects in the following spring suggests that, by itself,
the course may be insufficient to sustain effects over time, or perhaps
that its benefit is eventually overcome by students' exposure to alcohol
and peer drinking behavior," says Dr. Paschall.
Dr. Paschall's research group also recently reported that AlcoholEdu
appeared to have beneficial short-term effects on sexual assault and other
forms of victimization, as well as the most common types of
alcohol-related physiological and social problems among freshmen. Those
findings, from the same 30-university study population, were published in
the July issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. The study
also found more beneficial effects of the AlcoholEdu course at schools
where the course was mandated for incoming freshmen and at least 70
percent of freshmen completed all course modules.
"These findings," adds Dr. Warren, "are consistent with previous
NIAAA-funded research that found that, while educational components are
integral to some successful college drinking interventions, they do not
appear to be effective in isolation."
The researchers conclude their recent findings suggest that use of the
Internet-based prevention course should be reinforced with effective
environmental prevention strategies. Examples of such strategies include
reducing alcohol availability, raising prices, and limiting alcohol
promotions and advertising on and around campus.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the
National Institutes of Health, is the primary U.S. agency for conducting
and supporting research on the causes, consequences, prevention, and
treatment of alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and alcohol problems. NIAAA also
disseminates research findings to general, professional, and academic
audiences. Additional alcohol research information and publications are
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REFERENCES:
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Evaluation of an Internet-Based Alcohol Misuse Prevention Course
for College Freshmen: Findings of a Randomized Multi-Campus Trial
Mallie J. Paschall, Tamar Antin, Christopher L. Ringwalt, Robert F. Saltz
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 3, Pages 300-308 (September 2011)
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Effects of AlcoholEdu for College on Alcohol-Related Problems Among Freshmen:
A Randomized Multicampus Trial
Mallie J. Paschall, Tamar Antin, Christopher L. Ringwalt, Robert F. Saltz
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
(July 2011)
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2011/niaaa-01.htm
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