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Carreon, Amie Klein; Peoples, JaNiene; Shipley, Meagan; Wilson, Kelly; Ramirez, Cameron – Health Educator, 2016
Excessive drinking among college students, which is influenced by an array of factors ranging from campus norms to membership in student organizations, has been linked to consequences including motor vehicle accidents, cognitive deficits, arrests, overdoses, assaults, and death. Considering the severity of consequences related to drinking,…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Social Media, Health Promotion
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Flynn, Mark A.; Carter, Elizabeth; Craig, Clay – Journal of Drug Education, 2017
While there is mounting support for the efficacy of alcohol-based curriculum infusion (CI) programs, studies have yielded mixed results. Insufficient attention has been given to nuances in the types of CI. Using a two-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, this study assessed two forms of CI, information-only (IO) and service learning…
Descriptors: College Students, Service Learning, Outcomes of Education, Alcohol Education
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Tinghog, Mimmi Eriksson – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the rarely heard opinions of participants in alcohol educations--in this case, employees at three workplaces. What opinions were found in relation to the initiative, its content and effects, and what are the underlying notions from which these opinions derive? Design/methodology/approach: The study…
Descriptors: Health Education, Alcohol Education, Employee Attitudes, Work Environment
Taylor, Mary Elizabeth; Wang, Min Qi – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1988
A study of alcohol consumption among employed women and educational implications derived from it are discussed. Results indicated that not only do women drink differently from men, but also rural and urban women drink differently. It is suggested that rural and urban alcohol educational programs should be structured differently. (JD)
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drinking, Employed Women, Program Development
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Walfish, Steven; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1981
This paper reports the results of a needs assessment study conducted by a university-based alcohol abuse prevention project. Results suggest that students are experiencing numerous difficulties in the physical, educational, legal, and psychological areas due to their use of alcoholic beverages. Implications for prevention and intervention…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, College Students, Drinking
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Corvo, Kenneth; Persse, Linda – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1998
Describes an effort to evaluate a preschool drug prevention program using alcohol-related expectancies as an outcome measure. Alcohol-related expectancies of participants at three years posttreatment did not differ from those of a comparison group. Explores theoretical and methodological issues in program development and evaluation. (MKA)
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Evaluation, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education
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Murray, Margaret; Fleming, Michael – Academic Medicine, 1996
Describes a model international program for educating physicians about alcohol-related problems, focusing on the initiative's "trainer-development" approach and critical issues in implementing the program in other countries. Also describes the successful implementation of the program in Poland. (MDM)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Lowe, Dennis W.; And Others – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1992
Conducted study to assess nature and extent of alcohol consumption by college students and to make recommendation about university responses to alcohol use and abuse on campus. Students (n=247) completed questionnaires assessing various alcohol-related issues. Results were used to guide in planning and implementation of alcohol education,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, College Programs, College Students, Drinking
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Mills, Kenneth C.; McCarty, Dennis – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1983
Used data from 459 college students to outline a problem specific approach to alcohol abuse prevention. Survey data described the distribution of drinkers and nondrinkers, group differences in consumption, and problems commonly experienced. Relationships between consumption and beliefs, attitudes and social pressure were used to design peer…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Formative Evaluation
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Milgram, Gail Gleason – Journal of Drug Education, 1989
A half-time Student Assistance Program (SAP) was designed and implemented for two semesters in an urban high school in New Jersey. Findings indicated that proportion of students who used SAP increased with time, male participants outnumbered females, and alcohol and drug issues were most frequently cited as presenting problems for both males and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Counseling Services, Drug Abuse
Knight, K.; And Others – 1990
To attempt to incorporate the perceptions of consumers of alcohol education programs about topic relevance and importance, a modified version of a methodology that extracts, evaluates, and combines information from novices and experts to determine commonly held scripts and schema was used. In the first of two studies, 37 students at Texas…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Attitude Measures, College Students, Data Collection
Lowden, Kevin; Powney, Janet – 1994
Two programs on drug, alcohol, and sex education in two Glasgow (Scotland) high schools were evaluated to assess their effectiveness. One was a drugs and alcohol education program at City High School and the other a sexual health program at Clydeside High School. Both schools drew from a local population that included a significant number of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Course Content, Drug Education, Foreign Countries