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Reducing alcohol harms among university students

27 Jun 2012

The framework focuses on three types of interventions: (1) those that seek to reduce the demand for alcohol and individual harms that can result from heavy drinking (individual); (2) those that focus on reducing the supply of alcohol to the individual (environmental); and (3) those that require policy changes outside of the specific university context (systems). [...] A university can show leadership in this area by working with the municipality to engage members of the community, including students, and other stakeholders in the issue and by encouraging and supporting governments to develop and implement alcohol policies that will support community initiatives. [...] The research supports the view that individual strategies have limited impact on reducing levels of drinking and associated harms and they should be accompanied by policies that reduce the supply (availability or access to) of alcohol to individual students and that shift the drinking culture to one of moderation. [...] The research on the impact of environmental interventions is limited.2 There is, however, evidence that they have a positive impact on the levels of consumption and harms among the general population and that they should be applied to the campus environment as well (Saltz, 2010; CARBC, 2008; Toomey et al., 2006). [...] Queen’s University has a Health and Wellness Framework to drive the strategic direction and vision for a campus devoted to enhancing health and wellness, and to provide high-level guidance for policies and programs developed by three working groups: mental health, safety and alcohol.
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Canada

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