Transcript College Alcohol Prevention

College Alcohol
Prevention
KIM DUDE
DIRECTOR OF THE WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
[email protected]
Facts
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There is no silver bullet
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There is no one right answer or approach
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It is not the responsibility of one office
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It is not the responsibility of one person
What guides our prevention efforts?
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Data
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Evaluation
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Best Practices from the field
Evaluate
Assess
the
problem
Implement
the
program
Analyze
your
options
Assessment
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Missouri College Health Behavior Survey
Wellness Survey
Greek Survey
Bystander Survey
Focus Groups
Programming data
 Program Evaluations
 Number and types of program request
 Attendance at events
 Hits on your web site
 Number of resources used
Other Data Collected
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Last Drink Question
Police data on types of arrests
Campus Conduct data
Residential Life judicial data
Greek Life conduct data
Counseling Center data
Emergency room data
Components of Successful Prevention
Programs--HEC
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Comprehensive
Strong leadership from the top
Faculty Involvement
Staff involvement
Student involvement
Community involvement
Parental involvement
Theoretical Approaches
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Responsible Decision Making
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Harm Reduction/Health Protection
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Social Norming
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Environmental management
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Bystander Intervention
Approaches to Prevention
Responsible
Decision Making
Social
Norming
Bystander
intervention
Environmental
Management
Harm
Reduction/
Health
Protection
What Works?
 Prevention
 Policies
 Practices
Responsible Decision-Making
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Outreach programs—
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Peer programs
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Alcohol Responsibility Month, suicide prevention week, resource fairs
ADAPT (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team)
PAWS (Peers Advocating Wellness Solutions)
PASS (Peers Advocating Smoke-free Solutions)
GAMMA (Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol)
M.O.M. (Mizzou Off-Campus Mentors)
Active Minds
Don’t Cancel That Class
Responsible Decision Making
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Summer Welcome
Fall Welcome
Alcohol Responsibility Month
Alcohol Screening Day
KISS Me Fair (Keep It Smoke-free Sweetheart)
Safe Spring Break
Wellness Month
Don’t Cancel That Class
Health Screenings
Relaxation Station
Harm Reduction
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Designated Driver Programs
Smoking cessation
BASICS
Suicide Prevention
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Increasing the number of students who seek
help by educating about resources:
Social Norming
Most of Us
Make Healthy, Safe
and Smart Choices
Social Norming:
It is all in how you look at it.
Social Norms Marketing
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T-shirts, t-shirts, t-shirts
Posters
Mass emails
Sandwich boards
Calendars
TV screens
ID holders
Notebooks
Bags
Scoreboard
Ads
Social networking
Environmental
Management
Environmental Management
“It takes a village to raise a child”
Campus Task Forces
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Access to Alcohol Action Team
Fan Behavior Task Force
Off Campus Housing Task Force
Detection, Intervention and Referral Action Team
Suicide Prevention Task Force
Gambling Prevention Task Force
Columbia Tobacco Prevention Initiative
Columbia Laws
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Smoke free bars and restaurants
Smoke-free campus
Noise ordinance
MIC
Increased Enforcement
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Downtown Safety Unit
DWI Units
Bystander Intervention
Empowering Students to be Part of the
Solution
Bystander Intervention
Mizzou’s Campaigns
 Green
Ask,
Dot--Rape and Sexual Violence Prevention
Listen and Refer
Life is Not a Spectator Sport
Your peers want you to
intervene.
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94% of MU students would want a friend
to do something if they needed help
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78% would want a stranger to do
something if they needed help
Data
Awareness of the WRC efforts
96.4% are aware of the WRC’s AOD
efforts.
77.7% have seen MUmythbusters
messages.
76.7% have seen a Most of Us
message
Persistence