Alcohol and Cal Poly Pomona Students

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Alcohol andCal Poly Pomona Students

• Goals Objectives (2)
• Definitions Assessments (3)
• Bad News Views (11)
• Good News Views (14)
• Positive Norms
• Alcohol Use Behaviors (7)
• Consequences (3)
• Protective Behaviors (3)
• NIU HWSC Experiences (4)
• Alcohol in Perspective (1)

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Guiding Principles Goals

• Provide safe secure environment
• Encourage health wellness
• Promote healthy choices
• Enforce laws policies
• Encourage Good Samaritan behavior
• Provide support treatment
• Involve students
• Focus on campus community
• Use social norms peer education

• Overarching Goals
• Increase quality and years of healthy life
• Eliminate health disparities
• Substance Abuse Goal
• Reduce substance abuse to protect the health,
  safety, and quality of life for all

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Healthy People 2010 Healthy Campus
2010National Health Objective
26-11b. Reduce the proportion of college students
engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic
beverages. Targets Baselines Target
setting method National Not applicableCollege
 49 improvement (Better than the best when data
are available) Our Campus Data sources
National Not applicable College Monitoring the
Future Study, NIH, NIDA, NCHAOur
Campus National College Health Assessment
National NA College 20 Our Campus
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National NA College 39 Our Campus
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High Risk Drinking Defined

• By gender
• Males 5 or more drinks in a single sitting
• Females 4 or more drinks in a single sitting
• Why high risk?
• Negative outcomes increase significantly
• What is a drink?
• 12 oz. Can/bottle of beer
• 10 oz. Wine cooler
• 1.5 oz. Liquor
• 4 oz. Wine

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Assessments

• Cal Poly Pomona
• CORE Drug Alcohol Survey
• National College Health Assessment
• Health Risk Appraisals
• National
• CORE
• Monitoring the Future
• Harvard Alcohol Studies
• National College Health Assessment

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Assessment Questions

• The last time you partied/socialized, how many
  alcoholic drinks did you have?
• Within the last 30 days, how often do you think
  the typical student at your school used alcohol?
• How many alcoholic drinks do you think the
  typical student at your school and the last time
  he/she partied/socialized?
• How many times, if any, have you had five or more
  alcoholic drinks at a sitting in the last two
  weeks?

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The Bad News Views
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8-Year Trend at Cal Poly PomonaNo High Risk
Drinking in Past 2-Weeks
Green line on all slides is Healthy People and
Campus 2010 Target

• Blue 8 Health Risk Appraisal data points
• Brown 2 Core (94 96) 1 NCHA (00) data
  points
• Red Trendline
• Green Healthy People 2010 Objective at 20

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Experienced as result of your drinking in last
year Consequences from Drinking
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Academic Consequences from Drinking
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Drinking and Driving in Last 30 DaysAfter Any
Alcohol 5 Drinks
Drove After Drinking 5 Drinks
Driving After Any Alcohol
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Alcohol Use in Last 30 Days 0, 1-29,
DailyPerception versus Actual
Actual Student Use
Perception of Typical Student Use
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Percent thinking typical student drank 5 or more
drinks last time partied. Perceptions by Legal
Age
Red line actual proportion high risk drinking.
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Percent thinking typical student drank 5 or more
drinks last time partied. Perception by Year in
School
Red line actual proportion high risk drinking.
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Percent thinking typical student drank 5 or more
drinks last time partied. Perception by Residence
Red line actual proportion high risk drinking.
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Percent thinking typical student drank 5 or more
drinks last time partied. Perception by Ethnicity
Red line actual proportion high risk drinking.
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Arrests Discipline Referrals

• 1999 Cal Poly Campus Safety Data
• 10 Liquor Law Arrests
• Referrals for Campus Disciplinary Action
• University Housing 106
• University Village 55
• Winter/Spring Qtr 00/01 Referrals to Health
  Education
• University Housing 21
• Judicial Affairs 2
• Athletics 9

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The Good News Views
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A Norm Most Students Did Not High Risk Drink in
the Last 2 Weeks
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A Norm Most Students Did Not High Risk Drink in
the Last Time Partied or Socialized
High Risk Drinking gt3 for females, gt4 for males
Not High Risk Drinking (lt4 for females, lt5 for
males)
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Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2
WeeksBy Legal Age
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Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2
Weeks By Year in School
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Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2
Weeks By Residence
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Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2
Weeks By Ethnicity
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Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2
Weeks By Greek Membership
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No Consequences from DrinkingExperienced as
result of your drinking in last year
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No Academic Consequences from Drinking
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Cal Poly Pomona StudentsSafe Drinking Behaviors
Five Norms most (gt50) Cal Poly Pomona students
do these.
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College Students NationallySafe Drinking
Behaviors
Five Norms most (gt50) Cal Poly Pomona students
do these.
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Statement by President Welty

• Actually, two-thirds of students drink
  moderately or not at all.
• In the summary of May 2001 Board of Trustees
  meeting.
• A statement for Cal Poly Pomona could be
• Over three-quarters of Cal Poly Pomona students
  drink moderately or not at all.

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Protective Drinking Behaviors
Over two-thirds of Cal Poly Pomona students
either use at least one protective drinking
behavior or do not drink when they party.
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Social Norms Experience at Northern Illinois
University
NIU actual safer drinking
NIU perceived safer drinking
All college actual safer drinking
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Social Norms Experience at Northern Illinois
University
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Social Norms Experience at Northern Illinois
University
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Social Norms Experience at Hobart William Smith
Colleges
New Student Orientation
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Keeping It In Perspective

• Access to health care
• Percent with insurance
• All people in US 83
• College students 83
• CPP students 65
• Blood pressure checked in past 2 yrs
• All people in US 90
• College students 90
• CPP students 81

• Health reasons for low grades
• Relationship difficulties
• College students 3.4
• CPP students 5.1
• Sleep difficulties
• College students 73
• CPP students 78
• Mental health
• Attempted Suicide
• College students 1.5
• CPP students 2.8

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The End