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Improving campus alcohol policies through assessment and scoring
This paper describes reporting campus alcohol policy assessments back to 15 institutions with recommendations and technical assistance, then re-assessing those policies for effectiveness and clarity.
Read ArticleReducing alcohol use and related problems among college students: A guide to best practices (third edition)
This Guide synthesizes the research on which interventions do and do not reduce college drinking, describing the two most promising categories: personalized feedback and monitoring, and environmental strategies.
Read ArticleAssessing campus alcohol policies: Measuring accessibility, clarity, and effectiveness
This study assessed campus alcohol policies at 15 Maryland Collaborative schools for accessibility, clarity, and effectiveness, developing an expert-informed approach colleges can use to review their own policies.
Read ArticleAddressing college drinking as a statewide public health problem: Key findings from the Maryland Collaborative
This paper describes the findings of the Maryland Collaborative, a statewide initiative bringing Maryland institutions together to address college drinking through both individual-level and environmental-level evidence-based approaches.
Read ArticleProspective predictors of flavored e-cigarette use: A one-year longitudinal study of young adults in the U.S.
This longitudinal study identified prospective predictors of young adults’ flavored e-cigarette use in a national cohort, to inform regulation and prevention efforts.
Read ArticleADHD assessment and treatment services among a national sample of US colleges and universities
This study reviewed the online availability and content of policies governing ADHD assessment and treatment services at college clinics, finding only about a third published such information.
Read ArticleExcessive Drinking: CDC Fact Sheet on Maryland
This fact sheet presents Maryland’s excessive drinking figures together with the evidence-based policies recommended to reduce excessive alcohol use, noting the state’s current status on outlet density, taxes, dram shop liability, and sales hours.
Read ArticleNIAAA Publication: Underage Drinking Fact Sheet
This fact sheet summarizes underage drinking statistics and dangers, why young people drink, and the environmental, individual, school, and family approaches that have been found to prevent it.
Read ArticleSurgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking
This Call to Action urges all levels of government, individuals, and private-sector institutions to work together to prevent and reduce underage drinking, framing prevention around adolescent development and the harms of early alcohol use.
Read ArticleHere to Stay? Policy Changes in Alcohol Home Delivery and “To-Go” Sales During and After COVID-19 in the United States
This commentary asks whether pandemic-era expansions of alcohol home delivery and to-go sales have persisted across US states, warning that increased availability may raise underage access and alcohol-related harm.
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