1. A Campus-community Coalition to Control Alcohol-related Problems Off Campus: An Environmental Management Case Study.
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Gebhardt, Thomas L., Kaphingst, Kimberly, and DeJong, William
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COLLEGE students , *ALCOHOL drinking , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
Abstract. The authors report on the effects of a university and community coalition in preventing problems related to college students' off-campus drinking. The Albany, New York, Committee on University and Community Relations used strategies based on an environmental-management approach that focuses on changing the environment in which individuals make decisions about alcohol consumption and related behaviors. Committee initiatives included improving enforcement of local laws and ordinances, creating a safety-awareness campaign for off-campus students, and developing a comprehensive advertising and beverage-service agreement with local tavern owners. The initiatives were associated with a decline in the number of alcohol-related problems in the community, as indicated by decreases in the number of off-campus noise ordinance reports filed by police and the number of calls to a university-maintained hotline for reporting off-campus problems. An environmental management approach, the authors suggest, has promise as an effective means of preventing alcohol-related problems among college students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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