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THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS: WHAT ALCOHOL RESEARCHERS SHOULD DO NEXT

This article discusses the key recommendations for alcohol researchers to focus on evaluation research, increase program effectiveness, maximize resources, validate program credibility, extract more information from existing databases, collaborate with universities, and improve research methods and dissemination.

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THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS: WHAT ALCOHOL RESEARCHERS SHOULD DO NEXT

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  1. THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS:WHAT ALCOHOL RESEARCHERS SHOULD DO NEXT Sharon C. Wilsnack, Ph.D. University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences 25th Annual Scientific Meeting Research Society on Alcoholism San Francisco, July 2002

  2. Recommendations for the Research Community • High priority on evaluation research

  3. Recommendations for the Research Community • High priority on evaluation research • Well-designed evaluation studies. . . • Increase likelihood of program effectiveness

  4. Recommendations for the Research Community • High priority on evaluation research • Well-designed evaluation studies. . . • Increase likelihood of program effectiveness • Maximize use of resources

  5. Recommendations for the Research Community • High priority on evaluation research • Well-designed evaluation studies. . . • Increase likelihood of program effectiveness • Maximize use of resources • Validate program credibility

  6. Recommendations for the Research Community • Extract more and better information from existing research databases

  7. Recommendations for the Research Community • Extract more and better information from existing research databases • Develop standards for assessing campus alcohol problems, monitoring trends, and evaluating programs

  8. Recommendations for the Research Community • Extract more and better information from existing research databases • Develop standards for assessing campus alcohol problems, monitoring trends, and evaluating programs • Improve existing data systems (e.g., FARS) to more accurately monitor college student deaths over time

  9. Recommendations for the Research Community • Collaborate with universities to capitalize on “natural experiments”

  10. Recommendations for the Research Community • Collaborate with universities to capitalize on “natural experiments” • Partner with universities on short-term evaluations of popular, commonsense prevention strategies

  11. Recommendations for the Research Community • Collaborate with universities to capitalize on “natural experiments” • Partner with universities on short-term evaluations of popular, commonsense prevention strategies • Assist universities in using research-based evidence to improve alcohol policies and programs

  12. Recommendations to NIAAA: Improving Research Methods • Implement a national surveillance and data system for all U.S. colleges and universities

  13. Recommendations to NIAAA: Improving Research Methods • Implement a national surveillance and data system for all U.S. colleges and universities • Support development of state-of-the-art screening and assessment measures

  14. Recommendations to NIAAA: Lengthy and Complex Research • Longitudinal studies of youth – early adolescence to young adulthood

  15. Recommendations to NIAAA: Lengthy and Complex Research • Longitudinal studies of youth – early adolescence to young adulthood • Effectiveness of joint campus-community coalitions

  16. Recommendations to NIAAA: Lengthy and Complex Research • Longitudinal studies of youth – early adolescence to young adulthood • Effectiveness of joint campus-community coalitions • Multi-site campus trials of promising strategies

  17. Other Task Force Recommendations to NIAAA • Disseminate research-based information to all college campuses

  18. Other Task Force Recommendations to NIAAA • Disseminate research-based information to all college campuses • Expand funding to support college drinking research on as many campuses as possible

  19. “Through committed collaborative efforts grounded in research and supported by institutional leadership, the Task Force is convinced that the culture of drinking at U.S. colleges and universities can be changed.”Task Force on College Drinking April 2002

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