About the Author |
| Published by: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
|
Summary
2 hours CE
Published by: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The Task Force on College Drinking, a group of distinguished educators, alcohol researchers, and students, met for 3 years to respond to the persistent and pervasive problem of excessive drinking by students on U.S. college campuses. The Task Force was established by the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The goals of the Task Force were threefold:
- provide research-based information about the nature and extent of dangerous drinking to high school and college administrators, students, parents, community leaders, policymakers, researchers, and members of the retail beverage industry;
- offer recommendations to college and university presidents on the potential effectiveness of current strategies to reverse the culture of drinking on campus; and
- offer recommendations to the research community, including NIAAA, for future research on preventing hazardous college student drinking.
To this end, the Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of research on drinking by college students and on strategies to prevent excessive drinking. It established two panels that addressed:
the contexts in which college drinking occurs and its consequences, and
prevention and treatment.
In addition to extensive deliberations, the panels commissioned 24 original scientific papers intended to synthesize what we know and identify research gaps.
Syllabus
Introduction
Heavy Episodic Consumption of Alcohol
Alcohol and Adolescent Brain Development
Factors Affecting Student Drinking
Issues Involved in a Call to Action
Recommendations for Addressing Excessive College Drinking
A Special Role for College Presidents
The Need for Student Participation in Prevention Policymaking and Programming
Recommendations for the Research Community
Recommendations for NIAAA
A Final Word
References
Task Force Members and Participants
Resources
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- understand the incidence of excessive drinking in college students and the impact this has as a public health problem
- explain the effects of alcohol consumption and brain development in adolescents
- list factors that affect student drinking
- identify factors that are involved in a call to action regarding excessive college drinking
- discuss recommendations made by the Task Force on College Drinking
Difficulty Level: Beginning to Intermediate
Material from this course, A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at US Colleges, was reprinted from a publication of the:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
5635 Fishers Lane, MSC 9304
Bethesda, MD 20892-9304
email: Web Sponsor (niaaaweb-r@exchange.nih.gov)
|
