Research

The following selection of research relates to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions. The citations are compiled on a monthly basis from 15 peer-reviewed journals serving as the primary source of college AODV prevention articles and from keyword searches of online research databases.

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  • Nelson, T. F., Lenk, K. M., Xuan, Z., Wechsler, H. (2010). Student drinking at U.S. college sports events. Substance Use & Misuse, 45(12), 1861-1873.

  • Saltz, R. F., Paschall, M. J., McGaffigan, R. P., Nygaard, P. M. O. (2010). Alcohol Risk Management in College Settings: The Safer California Universities Randomized Trial. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 39(6), 491-499.

  • Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2010) Increasing alcohol beverage taxes is recommended to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 38(2), 230-232.

  • Chung, P. J., Gargfield, C. F., Elliott, M. N., Ostroff, J., Ross, C., Jernigan, D. H., Vestal, K. D., & Schuster, M. A. (2009). Association between adolescent viewership and alcohol advertising on cable television. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 555-562.

  • Mart, S., Mergendoller, J., & Simon, M. (2009). Alcohol promotion on facebook. The Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice, 3(3), http://www.globaldrugpolicy.org/3/3/1.php

  • Babor, T. F., Xuan, Z., & Proctor, D. (2008). Reliability of a rating procedure to monitor industry self-regulation codes governing alcohol advertising content. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(2), 235-242.

  • Russell, D. W., & Russell, C. A. (2008). Embedded alcohol messages in television series: The interactive effect of warnings and audience connectedness on viewers' alcohol beliefs. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(3), 459-467.

  • Wechsler, H., & Nelson, T. F. (2008). What we have learned from the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study: Focusing attention on college student alcohol consumption and the environmental conditions that promote it. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(4), 481-490.

  • Czyzewska, M., & Ginsburg, H. J. (2007). Explicit and implicit effects of anti-marijuana and anti-tobacco TV advertisements. Addictive Behaviors, 32(1), 114-127.

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