Alcohol Abuse Intervention Strategies For College Students

Alcohol Abuse Intervention Strategies Andrew J. Leonard Midland University Alcohol Abuse Intervention Strategies There is no doubt that college campuses are filled with alcohol. Many students engage in alcohol consumption and some also use drugs. Although alcohol use is widely accepted in the college student population there are intervention plans attempting to limit alcohol consumption to protect students from the negative consequences. This is a compilation of a few different strategies for alcohol reduction. According to Dr. Amaro of the Institute on Urban Research at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts and Reed, Rowe, Picci, Mantella, and Prado, (2010), implementation of the â€Å"Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention†¦show more content†¦357). This intervention aims to reduce both frequency and amount of alcohol consumed regularly by college students. The study focuses primarily on†¦ â€Å"Specific subgroups of university populations such as mandated undergraduates, fraternity and sorority members, and incoming freshman† (Amaro, 2010, p. 357). Th e intervention consisted of two sessions ranging from 45 minutes to 60 minutes in length and â€Å"the student was given alcohol self-monitoring cards to complete with the study nurse between the first and second sessions† (Amaro, 2010, p. 358). On the second session students received a personalized feedback packet that contained different data such as their readiness to change, their alcohol consumption, and other things like their belief about alcohol consumption (Amaro, 2010, p. 358). In order to ensure proper intervention procedures nurses were sat in on by other nurses to ensure proper protocol (Amaro, 2010, p. 358). After completing this intervention students were asked to have one follow-up 6 months later and †¦ â€Å"there was a significant decrease in participants’ reports of past 6-month alcohol use†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Amaro, 2010, p. 358). Theory Based Intervention From the journal written by Caudwell, Mulan, and Hagger (2016) one way to decrease alcohol use in undergraduates is through developing â€Å"behavioral interventions