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College Alcohol Prevention. KIM DUDE DIRECTOR OF THE WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI DUDEK@MISSOURI.EDU. Facts. There is no silver bullet There is no one right answer or approach It is not the responsibility of one office It is not the responsibility of one person.
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College Alcohol Prevention KIM DUDEDIRECTOR OF THE WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI DUDEK@MISSOURI.EDU
Facts • There is no silver bullet • There is no one right answer or approach • It is not the responsibility of one office • It is not the responsibility of one person
What guides our prevention efforts? • Data • Evaluation • Best Practices from the field
Assessment • Missouri College Health Behavior Survey • Wellness Survey • Greek Survey • Bystander Survey • Focus Groups • Programming data • Program Evaluations • Number and types of program request • Attendance at events • Hits on your web site • Number of resources used
Other Data Collected Last Drink Question Police data on types of arrests Campus Conduct data Residential Life judicial data Greek Life conduct data Counseling Center data Emergency room data
Components of Successful Prevention Programs--HEC Comprehensive Strong leadership from the top Faculty Involvement Staff involvement Student involvement Community involvement Parental involvement
Theoretical Approaches • Responsible Decision Making • Harm Reduction/Health Protection • Social Norming • Environmental management • Bystander Intervention
Approaches to Prevention Bystander intervention
What Works? • Prevention • Policies • Practices
Responsible Decision-Making • Outreach programs— • Alcohol Responsibility Month, suicide prevention week, resource fairs • Peer programs • ADAPT (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team) • PAWS (Peers Advocating Wellness Solutions) • PASS (Peers Advocating Smoke-free Solutions) • GAMMA (Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol) • M.O.M. (Mizzou Off-Campus Mentors) • Active Minds • Don’t Cancel That Class
Responsible Decision Making • Summer Welcome • Fall Welcome • Alcohol Responsibility Month • Alcohol Screening Day • KISS Me Fair (Keep It Smoke-free Sweetheart) • Safe Spring Break • Wellness Month • Don’t Cancel That Class • Health Screenings • Relaxation Station
Harm Reduction • Designated Driver Programs • Smoking cessation • BASICS • Suicide Prevention • Increasing the number of students who seek help by educating about resources:
Social NormingMost of Us Make Healthy, Safe and Smart Choices
Social Norms Marketing • T-shirts, t-shirts, t-shirts • Posters • Mass emails • Sandwich boards • Calendars • TV screens • ID holders • Notebooks • Bags • Scoreboard • Ads • Social networking
Environmental Management“It takes a village to raise a child”Campus Task Forces • Access to Alcohol Action Team • Fan Behavior Task Force • Off Campus Housing Task Force • Detection, Intervention and Referral Action Team • Suicide Prevention Task Force • Gambling Prevention Task Force • Columbia Tobacco Prevention Initiative
Columbia Laws • Smoke free bars and restaurants • Smoke-free campus • Noise ordinance • MIC Increased Enforcement • Downtown Safety Unit • DWI Units
Bystander Intervention Empowering Students to be Part of the Solution
Mizzou’s Campaigns • Green Dot--Rape and Sexual Violence Prevention • Ask, Listen and Refer • Life is Not a Spectator Sport
Your peers want you to intervene. • 94% of MU students would want a friend to do something if they needed help • 78% would want a stranger to do something if they needed help
Awareness of the WRC efforts 96.4% are aware of the WRC’s AOD efforts.77.7% have seen MUmythbusters messages. 76.7% have seen a Most of Us message