@article{ref1,
title="The slope of change: An environmental management approach to reduce drinking on a day of celebration at a US college",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2013",
author="Marchell, Timothy C. and Lewis, Deborah D. and Croom, Katherine and Lesser, Martin L. and Murphy, Susan H. and Reyna, Valerie F. and Frank, Jeremy and Staiano-Coico, Lisa",
volume="61",
number="6",
pages="324-334",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This research extends the literature on event-specific environmental management with a case study evaluation of an intervention designed to reduce student drinking at a university's year-end celebration. Participants: Cornell University undergraduates were surveyed each May from 2001 through 2009. Sample sizes ranged from 322 to 1,973. METHODS: Randomly sampled surveys were conducted after a large, annual spring campus celebration. An environmental management plan was initiated in 2003 that included increased enforcement of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) law. RESULTS: In the short term, drinking at the campus celebration decreased while drinking before the event increased. Over time, the intervention significantly reduced high-risk drinking on the day of the event, especially among those under the age of 21. CONCLUSION: These findings are contrary to the argument that enforcement of MLDA laws simply leads to increased high-risk drinking, and therefore have implications for how colleges approach the challenge of student alcohol misuse.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2013.788008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2013.788008"
}