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Evaluation of a Life Skills Development Program for Alcohol Abuse Prevention in College Students

This study evaluates the efficacy of a comprehensive prevention program aimed at reducing alcohol consumption among first-year college students. The program focuses on developing life skills to address substance abuse and promote a healthy lifestyle. Results show significant preventive effects on alcohol consumption behavior.

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Evaluation of a Life Skills Development Program for Alcohol Abuse Prevention in College Students

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  1. Lisbon Addictions, 2017 PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL ABUSE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS Carla Adriana Rocha Elisardo Becoña

  2. BACKGROUND • High prevalence of drug use among college students with significant social and health risks (e. g., ECATD-CAD (ESPAD-PT), 2015; DDN, 2016;…) • Initiation context in drug use by a part of the students • Academic festivities • Changing social contexts in this group as a risk factor The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

  3. Prevalence of alcohol consumption (lifelong, last 12 months, last 30 days), according to the educational level completed or attended (%) Up to 9th grade 10th-12th grade HigherEducation Significant chi-square tests for p <0.001 Base%: lifelong alcohol Prevalence * Schooling (31 299), alcohol prevalence in the last 12 months * Schooling (31287), alcohol prevalence in the last 30 days * Schooling (31 284) Source: DGRDN/SICAD, 2016

  4. BACKGROUND • Few preventive programs are developed and applied in Portugal higher education context • Need to invest in the PREVENTION OF SUBSTANCES USE, at the age of 18, • particularly among first-year college students, namely in relation to heavy drinking

  5. RESEARCH GOAL Evaluation of a comprehensive drug prevention program efficacy in college students alcohol consumption

  6. PARTICIPANTS 228 1st year students from University of Minho Age M= 19.43 SD= 3.75

  7. PROCEDURE Stage 0 2010/12 Stage 1 2012/13 e 2013/14 Stage 2 2014/15 Training of prevention technicians Data collection Implementation of the Program Data analysis ProgramConstruction Collaborationprotocol Pilotimplementation Experimental Group Intervention Posttest Follow-up Pretest Randomdistribution InitialEquivalence Control Group Study approved by the U.S.C Bioethics Committee

  8. INTERVENTION: RISKS & CHALLENGES PROGRAM Life Skills Development Program Rocha, Carla .

  9. RISKS & CHALLENGES PROGRAM GENERAL FEATURES • Universal, Comprehensive and Multicomponent Life Skills Development Prevention Program aimed at students of the 1st year of Higher Education • 8 weekly/ 2 hours group sessions format • Acquisition and development of various life skills to deal with alcohol and substance use • Promotion of a healthy lifestyle

  10. RISK & CHALLENGE PROGRAM • INTERVENTION METHODOLOGY • Group intervention in a co-curricular context (voluntary participation) • Active and participatory methodology: dynamic games, role-playing, brainstorming, group-oriented discussion, instructions, modeling, reinforcement, cognitive, emotional and narrative strategies ... • Sessions: introduction, development and synthesis • General and sequential structure of the Program • Ethical and deontological principles • Process and results evaluation

  11. RISK & CHALLENGE PROGRAM: MANUAL

  12. RISK & CHALLENGE PROGRAM

  13. RESULTS • 1. SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION • 2. COMPARISON BETWEEN GROUPS

  14. 1. SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION Distribution by course

  15. 1. SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION Drug Use Prevalence (%)

  16. 1. SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION Sample distribution by risk level of alcohol consumption (AUDIT) The sample distribution according to frequencies of alcohol consumption suggests RECREATIONAL USE

  17. 2. COMPARISON BETWEEN GROUPS Alcohol Use Prevalencies lifelong, last 12 months and last month according to Experimental Condition and Evaluation Moment

  18. 2. COMPARISON BETWEEN GROUPS RecentBeer Use Recent Spirits Use **

  19. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS • Significant preventive effects of the Risks & Challenges Program on students alcohol consumption behavior • Comprehensive prevention programs are effective in reducing alcohol consumption and associated morbidity and mortality • The implementation of universal SPA prevention programs has a potential positive effect on students' academic success • Universities, coordinated with the health system, should consider health promotion as one of its vertebral axes

  20. Obrigada pela vossa atenção THANK YOU carla.rocha@arsnorte.min-saude.pt

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