Prevention efforts underlying decreases in binge drinking at institutions of higher education

J Am Coll Health. 2002 Mar;50(5):238-52. doi: 10.1080/07448480209595715.

Abstract

Analyses of 94 Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE)-sponsored drug-prevention programs and their outcomes used the Core Survey to identify 34 institutions where college students' binge drinking increased (M = 5.44%) and 60 institutions where it decreased (M = -4.59%) during 2 years of program operation. The authors used an inductively derived taxonomy of prevention program elements, student variables, student substance use, use-related variables, and institutional variables to compare the 2 groups of institutions. Only prevention program elements discriminated between groups. Factor analysis of discriminating elements identified 8 prevention factors that improved base-rate prediction of institutional decrease in binge drinking by 28.1%. Factor synthesis yielded a 3-construct binge-drinking prevention model based on student participation and involvement strategies, educational and informational processes, and campus regulatory and physical change efforts. This model improved base-rate prediction of decreased binge drinking by 33.2%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcoholism / epidemiology*
  • Alcoholism / prevention & control*
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Health Promotion / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Program Evaluation
  • Students / psychology*
  • Students / statistics & numerical data
  • United States
  • Universities / classification*
  • Universities / statistics & numerical data