@article{ref1,
title="Effects of Alcohol-related Health Education on Alcohol and Drinking Behavior Awareness among Japanese Junior College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial",
journal="Acta medica Okayama",
year="2007",
author="Geshi, Masayo and Hirokawa, Kumi and Taniguchi, Toshiyo and Fujii, Yasuhito and Kawakami, Norito",
volume="61",
number="6",
pages="345-354",
abstract="We conducted a randomized controlled trial involving Japanese junior college students aimed at investigating the effects of a single session of alcohol health education concerning the effects of alcohol, alcohol-related health problems, and drinking behavior. Students were randomly assigned to an intervention (n=38) or a control group (n=33). The intervention group attended a 90-minute alcohol health education session that included demonstration of an ethanol patch test, watching videos, and a lecture by an ex-alcoholic. The control group received health education regarding smoking. The students. knowledge regarding alcohol, their drinking behavior, and problem drinking (CAGE) were measured by a self-administered questionnaire at the baseline and at a two-month follow-up. A repeated measures of analysis of variance (ANOVA) of those who completed the follow-up indicated the education sessions. significant intervention (group*time) effect on the scores related to knowledge of alcohol-related health problems (p=0.035), with a greater increase in the scores of the intervention group at the follow-up. No significant intervention effect was observed regarding drinking behavior or problem drinking as measured by CAGE (p&gt;0.05). Alcohol-related education can be considered an effective way to increase awareness of alcohol-related health problems, but less effective for changing drinking the behavior of Japanese junior college students.   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0386-300X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}