Hola a todos:

El abuso del alcohol es, ha sido y será por mucho tiempo, una preocupación en el área de la salud. En nuestra facultad sé que hay varios intentos por generar programas de prevención sobre el abuso del alcohol, ahora, gracias a una amiga, Montxo, que ha decidido usarme como puente en lugar de escribir ella misma la noticia, les enví­o esta URL sobre un programa Universitario para generar estrategias preventivas, por supuesto, es sólo una propuesta. Por qué no la revisan y comentan con nosotros.

A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of

Drinking at U.S. Colleges

Recommendations for Colleges and Universities

To change the culture of drinking on campus, the Task Forcerecommends that all colleges and universities adopt the following

overarching approach to program development and then select

appropriate strategies from among those presented on the following

pages to tailor programs to the special needs of their schools.

The research strongly supports the use of comprehensive, integrated programs with

multiple complementary components that target: (1) individuals, including at-risk or alcohol-dependent drinkers, (2) the student population as a whole, and (3) the college and the surrounding community (Hingson and Howland, 2002; DeJong et al., 1998; Institute of Medicine, 1989).

What does a multivariate perspective mean?

Alcohol research clearly indicates that multiple factors interact to produce

various drinking patterns. Factors include students' genetic/biological

characteristics, family and cultural backgrounds and environments, previous

drinking experiences in high school, and the particular environment of the

college in which they are enrolled. Even within one college, patterns may

be influenced by students' participation in fraternities/sororities, sports

teams, or other social groups. Research now has the capacity to bring this

enlarged perspective to the problem of college drinking and to test models

that take into account many of these factors.

(1) Individuals, Including At-Risk or Alcohol-Dependent

Drinkers: The risk for alcohol problems exists along a continuum.

Targeting only those with identified problems misses students who

drink heavily or misuse alcohol occasionally (e.g., drink and drive from

time to time). In fact, nondependent, high-risk drinkers account for the

majority of alcohol-related deaths, disability, and damage (Lemmons,

1995; Kreitman,1986).

It is crucial to support strategies that assist individual students

identified as problem, at-risk, or alcohol-dependent drinkers. Strategies

are clearly needed to engage these students as early as possible in

appropriate screening and intervention services—whether

provided on campus or through referral to specialized

community-based services. One important effort to increase

on-campus screening is National Alcohol Screening Day, an event that

takes place in April each year. This program, supported by NIAAA

and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,

provides free, anonymous testing and health information at a growing

number of colleges and universities.

http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/3inone/