University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming’s Alcohol, Wellness Alternatives, Research, and Education (AWARE) program has more than three years of data from the university’s students that demonstrate the program’s effectiveness in achieving its goals of reducing frequency and quantity of alcohol use, reducing problems associated with alcohol use, reducing risk factors associated with alcohol use, and increasing protective factors among college students. The AWARE program will undergo enhancements at three levels of intervention:

Individual Level: Data will be collected at both 1- and 3-month post-intervention intervals to measure the program’s sustained effect on drinking behaviors and related negative consequences. To facilitate data collection, management, and analysis, an electronic data collection and data management system will be designed.

Student Body: Based on positive outcomes among students mandated to take an online alcohol education program, the online program within a new population (i.e., first-year students) will be replicated and evaluated.

Community Level: An impact evaluation of its campus-community coalition will be conducted to measure the effect of the coalition on alcohol-related changes in the community and social norms.