Canadian campus survey 2004 : Enquête sur les campus canadiens

Canadian Campus Survey, 2004 Highlights The Survey Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Heath Research, the overall objective of the 2004 Canadian Campus Survey is to build understanding regarding the individual, social and environmental determinants of hazardous drinking. [...] The proportions of past month drinkers reporting 5+ and 8+ drinks at least twice over the period were significantly lower in Quebec (34.3% and 11.2%, respectively) and higher in the Atlantic provinces (49% and 24.4%, respectively,) and in Ontario (45.4% and 20.3%, respectively). [...] In addition, 14.5% (18.0% of men and 11.8% of women) took advantage of happy hours, 12.2% (16.7% of men and 8.8% of women) took advantage of special promotions by beer companies, and 7.0% (7.5% vs 6.6%) took advantage of cover charges of unlimited drinking. [...] The objectives are (1) to understand how undergraduates’ alcohol use and misuse are affected by the interaction between individual and contextual factors, (2) to investigate the common and unique determinants of heavy alcohol intake among Canadian versus American undergraduates, and (3) to investigate the types of addiction and mental health comorbidities, including alcohol, drugs, mental health a [...] The project was approved by the Research Ethics Boards of the Joint Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and University of Toronto and the University of Montreal.