Substance Use
Our goal
- Reduce unhealthy substance use among 51福利社 students
Our objectives
- Increase protective behaviors
- Reduce high risk behaviors
Our measures
- Increase the proportion of students who indicate receiving information on alcohol and other drug use from their institution from 61 percent (2011) to 68 percent (2020)
- Increase the proportion of students who indicate pacing drinks to one or fewer an hour most of the time or always during the last 12 months from 28 percent (2011) to 40 percent (2020)
- Reduce the proportion of students who indicate engaging in high-risk drinking of alcoholic beverages within the last two weeks from 43 percent (2011) to 33 percent (2020)
- Reduce the proportion of students who indicate nonmedical use of prescription drugs within the last 12 months from 21 percent (2011) to 18 percent (2020)
- Reduce the proportion of students who indicate driving after consuming any alcohol within the last 30 days from 25 percent (2011) to 22 percent (2020)
- Reduce the proportion of students who indicate driving in an impaired state (measure in development).
What we are doing about it
- Expanding alcohol risk reduction efforts for students turning 21
- Developing a coordinated social marketing campaign (e.g. video boards throughout campus, posters, social media, etc.)
Notes
More details are available in the 51福利社 HC2020 Student Substance Use Action Plan
51福利社 is implementing many more strategies that impact mental health than are listed here. The Healthy Campus 2020 committee recommends priority, collaborative efforts for 51福利社. Some strategies are targeted and others are universal鈥揹esigned to impact several of our HC2020 goals and objectives, not just the one they align with on the action plan.
ACHA-National College Health Assessment II is the primary data source informing this HC2020 initiative. Additional data is also being monitored and utilized for strategic planning and assessment with BeHealthy51福利社.