TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Evaluation of a brief harm reduction intervention to reduce celebratory drinking among college students
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Arazan, Christine
A1  - Costelloe, Michael T.
A1  - Willingham, Mark T.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - To assess the effectiveness of a harm reduction e-card at increasing protective drinking behaviors and decreasing negative outcomes from consuming alcohol.Participants: Participants were college students who turned 21 years old between January 21 2016 and September 27 2017. A total of 1,064 students completed the posttest: 737 from the experimental group and 327 from the control group.<br><br>METHODS: This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluation. Three days prior to their birthdays, students were randomly selected to receive a harm reduction e-card (experimental group) or not (control group). Three days after their birthdays, all students were sent an electronic posttest survey to the student's university email address.<br><br>RESULTS: Students who received the e-card intervention reported employing more protective behaviors than the individuals who did not receive the card. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This evaluation concludes that a harm reduction e-card successfully increased the use of protective drinking strategies but did not impact negative outcomes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1927048
ID  - ref1
ER  -