@article{ref1,
title="Addressing college drinking as a statewide public health problem: key findings from the Maryland Collaborative",
journal="Health promotion practice",
year="2018",
author="Arria, Amelia M. and Jernigan, David H.",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="303-313",
abstract="Excessive drinking among college students is a serious and pervasive public health problem. Although much research attention has focused on developing and evaluating evidence-based practices to address college drinking, adoption has been slow. The Maryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems was established in 2012 to bring together a network of institutions of higher education in Maryland to collectively address college drinking by using both individual-level and environmental-level evidence-based approaches. In this article, the authors describe the findings of this multilevel, multicomponent statewide initiative. To date, the Maryland Collaborative has succeeded in providing a forum for colleges to share knowledge and experiences, strengthen existing strategies, and engage in a variety of new activities. Administration of an annual student survey has been useful for guiding interventions as well as evaluating progress toward the Maryland Collaborative's goal to measurably reduce high-risk drinking and its radiating consequences on student health, safety, and academic performance and on the communities surrounding college campuses. The experiences of the Maryland Collaborative exemplify real-world implementation of evidence-based approaches to reduce this serious public health problem.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1524-8399",
doi="10.1177/1524839917711399",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839917711399"
}