This class will explore environmental, social and developmental factors that make college students’ drinking a unique phenomenon. With research coming from clinical, developmental, social, health and community psychology disciplines, students gain exposure to a range of psychological and research related issues.
Using a functional framework, this course will introduce the three types of prevention objectives. It will relate these types to other ways of structuring a set of programs, policies and practices on campus, such as NIAAA's Tier system.
It is now widely recognized that the non-medical use of prescription medication represents the most challenging aspect of campus AOD programming. This course will explore the possible ways a campus can respond, drawing from the existing literature. Course in development.
This course will be a short introduction to survey methods for measuring alcohol and other drug use and abuse among college students. Topics will covering sampling methods, interaction modality, item construction and survey hosting. Existing standardized measures will be introduced as well. Web survey hosting by iPrevention will serve as examples. This course is currently in development.
