TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - The slope of change: An environmental management approach to reduce drinking on a day of celebration at a US college
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Marchell, Timothy C.
A1  - Lewis, Deborah D.
A1  - Croom, Katherine
A1  - Lesser, Martin L.
A1  - Murphy, Susan H.
A1  - Reyna, Valerie F.
A1  - Frank, Jeremy
A1  - Staiano-Coico, Lisa
SP  - 324
EP  - 334
VL  - 61
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2013.788008
ID  - ref1
ER  -