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Addressing College Drinking as a Statewide Public Health Problem: Key Findings From the Maryland Collaborative.
- Source :
- Health Promotion Practice; Mar2018, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p303-313, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Excessive drinking among college students is a serious and pervasive public health problem. Although much research attention has focused on developing and evaluating evidence-based practices to address college drinking, adoption has been slow. The Maryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems was established in 2012 to bring together a network of institutions of higher education in Maryland to collectively address college drinking by using both individual-level and environmental-level evidence-based approaches. In this article, the authors describe the findings of this multilevel, multicomponent statewide initiative. To date, the Maryland Collaborative has succeeded in providing a forum for colleges to share knowledge and experiences, strengthen existing strategies, and engage in a variety of new activities. Administration of an annual student survey has been useful for guiding interventions as well as evaluating progress toward the Maryland Collaborative’s goal to measurably reduce high-risk drinking and its radiating consequences on student health, safety, and academic performance and on the communities surrounding college campuses. The experiences of the Maryland Collaborative exemplify real-world implementation of evidence-based approaches to reduce this serious public health problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15248399
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Promotion Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128071783
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839917711399