2019 Annual Meeting

Outcomes of a Student-Driven Comprehensive Alcohol Risk-Reduction Strategy (Room Governor's Square 16)

29 May 19
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Tracks: Credit-CHES, Credit-CNE, Credit-CPEU, Credit-MCHES, Credit-NASW, Session Badge - Student Involvement

CNE:1  CHES:1  MCHES:1  NASW:1  CPEU:1

Student Involvement

After this session, attendees should be able to:

  1. Identify evaluation techniques for a large scale health promotion program.
  2. Discuss the importance of including students in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of health programming.
  3. Describe new and innovative methods to market risk reduction strategies to students, as well as identify methods that were unsuccessful.

Program Abstract:
Undergraduate and graduate students from a mid-sized, Midwestern public research university directed all stages of the planning, development, and implementation of a coordinated health communication campaign that included innovative print and digital materials, student-designed music videos, and community engagement. Funded by an NCAA Choices grant, the program yielded positive results with a significant increase in students using risk reduction strategies when drinking alcohol, a reduction in binge-drinking, and a reduction in frequency of binge drinking.