High-Risk Drinking in College: What We Know and What We Need To Learn

Final Report of the Panel on Contexts and Consequences

Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institutes of Health
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
April 2002

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Contents

Executive Summary

An Entrenched Problem

• Student Alcohol Consumption: Multiple Influences
  
• Multiple Negative Consequences

The College Scene

Recommendations: Strategies to Reduce Student Alcohol Consumption

• For Colleges and Universities
• For the Research Community
• For NIAAA

High-risk Drinking In College: What We Know and What We Need To Learn

The Task Force on College Drinking

The Panel On Contexts and Consequences

• Overview of College Student Drinking
• Glossary of Alcohol Terminology
• Barriers to Reducing Alcohol Misuse

Epidemiology of Alcohol Use Among College Students

• Drinking Trends Among College Students
• Strategies for Filling Gaps in Knowledge: Epidemiology of Alcohol Use Among College Students

Surveying The Damage: Consequences Of College Student Alcohol Consumption

• Damage to Self
• Damage to Others
• Damage to the Institution
• Alcohol Use and Driving by College Students
• Alcohol and High-Risk Sexual Behavior
• Alcohol and Physical and Sexual Aggression
• Differences in Consequences Among Population Subgroups
• Strategies for Filling Gaps in Knowledge: Consequences of Student Alcohol Consumption

Understanding College Drinking From A Multidimensional Perspective

• Developmental Factors
• Individual Student Factors
• Environmental Factors
• Strategies for Filling Gaps in Knowledge: Understanding Drinking in College From a Multidimensional Perspective

Issues For College Administrators

• Issues Related to Federal, State, and Local Laws
• Issues Related to Policy Development
• Issues Related to Policy Enforcement
• Taking Concrete Action To Change the Culture of Drinking on Campus
• Strategies for Filling Gaps in Knowledge: Alcohol-Reduction Efforts

Research Considerations

• Exploratory Research
• Descriptive Research
• Explanatory Research
• Evaluation Research
• Issues in Research Design
• Data Collection
• Linking Alcohol Use to Harmful Outcomes
• Strategies for Filling Gaps in Knowledge: Methodology

Summary And Conclusions

• Epidemiology
• Etiology and Context
• Consequences
• Opportunities for Intervention

References

Appendix

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List of Exhibits

1. The Panel on Contexts and Consequences
2. Papers Commissioned by the Panel on Contexts and Consequences

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Last reviewed: 9/23/2005