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These resources are selected to help you find ways to reduce high-risk drinking among college students.
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Alcohol in the Vulnerable Lives of College Women (PDF file — 2 pages)
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Article by Devon Jersild that appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2002. |
The College Alcohol Risk Assessment Guide (website linking to PDF and text only formats — 105 pages)
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Compiled in 1997 by Ryan, Colthurst, & Segars, the CARA Guide is a “how to” about environmental scanning and problem analysis (including exercises), responses, and assessments. Includes plenty of anecdotes from actual campus experiences. |
Designing Environmental Messages for Local Communities (PDF file — 27 pages)
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The majority of college alcohol prevention consists of messages aimed at individuals and their behaviors. This book chapter fills in what’s missing: messages aimed at the environmental side of the behavior equation — how to design messages that focus on outcomes, build shared responsibility, and make good use of local data and observations. |
Experiences in Effective Prevention: U.S. Deptartment of Education’s Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses (PDF file — 87 pages)
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The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education revisited 22 campuses that received alcohol and drug abuse prevention grants from 1999 to 2004 and summarized the current thinking and lessons learned in this 2007 publication. |
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention (website)
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The Higher Education Center provides support to all institutions of higher education in their efforts to address the problems of alcohol and other drug abuse and violence. Check out this website for information, services, latest research, and news. |
NIAAA College Task Force Site — College Drinking: Changing the Culture (website)
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s website, offering materials for college students, parents and presidents, special features, and statistics and summaries. |
Prevention Challenges for Community Colleges (PDF file — 32 pages)
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This publication from the Higher Education Center addresses how community colleges are different and provides strategies for alcohol and other drug prevention in the community college setting. |
U.S. Department of Education Project Summary (PDF file — 2 pages)
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Describes the formation of the Nebraska Collegiate Consortium to Reduce High-Risk Drinking, which was funded by the Department of Education for 2005-06. |
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Nebraska Collegiate Consortium Memorandum of Agreement / Commitment Form (PDF file — 2 pages)
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For institutions of higher education in Nebraska to join the Nebraska Collegiate Consortium to Reduce High-Risk Drinking. |
Nebraska Partners in Prevention (website)
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Official website for Nebraska’s state incentive cooperative agreement (SICA). |
 Wayne State TRUST Coalition (website)
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The Toward Responsible Use of Substances Today (TRUST) Coalition provides leadership to create and sustain a campus and community that promote responsible decisions and eliminate obstacles to students' academic goals.
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Wayne State College Mini-grant Final Report (PDF file)
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01/21/2009 Report and three Social Norms posters |
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Campus-Community Coalitions: The Lincoln/UNL Experience (PowerPoint presentation — 15 slides)
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A brief summary of the history, structure, activities, and lessons learned by a campus-community coalition in Lincoln, Nebraska, to reduce high-risk drinking by university students. |
CAP (University of Nebraska—Lincoln website)
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The CAP is a quick and confidential online survey to get personalized feedback on your alcohol use. It was created with input from students and originally designed for UNL, but has since been customized for each NCC institute. NCC can customize this site for your institute as well. |
Environmental Management (PowerPoint presentation — 21 slides)
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Examples of individual strategies that make up a comprehensive environmental strategy to reduce binge drinking by university students in Lincoln, Nebraska. Emphasizes establishing community standards, educating community members, and enforcing existing regulations. |
INFORMATION BRIEFING: Responsible Beverage Service (PDF file)
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What managers/owners of hospitality and entertainment businesses can do to help prevent high-risk drinking and be effective partners in campus-community coalitions. |
NU Directions (website)
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Website of the campus-community coalition to reduce high-risk drinking at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln and in the City of Lincoln that reduced binge drinking from 62% in 1997 to 47% in 2003. Some of the things that worked there may work for your campus-community, other things may not work for you. A good place to spark ideas and get your campus-community coalition thinking. |
NU Directions Environmental Influence and Interventions (PowerPoint presentation — 2 slides)
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An example of how one campus-community coalition saw the factors that influenced high-risk drinking, and some interventions to make the environment less friendly to high-risk drinking. |
NU Directions Environmental Model (PDF file — 1 page)
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Using the Environmental Strategy Model as an Assessment Tool. |
NU Directions 5 year report (PDF file — 32 pages)
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Even more details of this University of Nebraska and City of Lincoln coalition, including results and lessons learned. A good source of ideas and caveats for other campus-community coalitions. |
Reducing Alcohol Related Harms Among Nebraska College Students Through Comprehensive Environmental Strategies: Replicating the NU Directions Model (PDF file — 1 page)
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Color flyer for Nebraska’s consortium of colleges dedicated to reducing high-risk drinking among college students. |
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Nebraska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Report for 2004-2006 (PDF file — 151 pages)
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Data for Nebraska residents 18 and older. See pages 70-74 for answers to alcohol questions, and page 75 for answers to the drinking and driving questions. |
Nebraska Crash Data from the Department of Motor Vehicles (website)
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Charts and graphs for alcohol-related crashes for high school age under the link Young Drivers. Also, check out charts and graphs under the link Alcohol Related. |
Nebraska Risk and Protective Factors Student Survey (on Nebraska Prevention website)
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After you link here, scroll down to see Results from 2007, with comparable results from 2003 and 2005, for Grades 6, 8, 10, and 12, statewide and by region. |
2007 Nebraska Highway Safety Annual Report (PDF file — 108 pages)
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Notes progress in reducing alcohol-involved crashes in Nebraska. |
The 2006 Traffic Crash Facts Annual Report (PDF file — 18 pages)
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See especially page 25: alcohol-involved crashes by driver age. This report is published annually by the Nebraska Department of Roads. |
Nebraska Adolescents: 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results for Nebraska (PDF file — 24 pages)
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Data for Nebraska public health students, grades 9-12. See page 4 for answers to drinking and driving questions, and pages 16-17 for answers to alcohol questions and trends in alcohol use. |
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02/12/09 Skill Building Workshop
Strategic Planning Outline (PDF file)
Strategic Planning (PowerPoint)
09/25/08 Consortium Work Day
Workshop on How to Communicate with the Media (PowerPoint presentation by Thomas Workman)
03/06/07 Consortium Work Day
Using Your Data to Strategic Plan (PowerPoint presentation w/ 2007 survey Aggregate Data)
04/11/06 Consortium Drive-In Workshop: Building a Coalition and Scanning the Environment, UNL
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