What is the environmental management approach?

Question:

What is the environmental management approach?

Answer:

  • Our approach is comprehensive in scope, meaning that we focus on a number of different factors that contribute to the problem of AOD on campuses (see Why do college students drink excessively?), and we employ a variety of techniques to address these contributing factors.
  • We promote five environmental management strategies:
    1. The promotion of alcohol-free options
    2. The creation of health-promoting normative environment (see What is social norms marketing?)
    3. Limiting alcohol availability
    4. Enforcing campus and community laws and policies
    5. Restricting marketing and promotion of alcohol
  • Components of successful programs include: comprehensive in scope, presidential leadership; student, faculty and staff involvement.
  • Vehicles to successful programs: Campus task force, campus-community coalitions, regional/statewide initiatives.

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