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| HEC/News e-Digest | September 17, 2010 |
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New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities
This Week! Study Finds Teens Drink More during Summer Before College, Reduce Drinking With Brief Motivational Intervention
The study looked at incoming freshmen, both drinkers and nondrinkers, who received either a brief motivational intervention (BMI), a parent-based intervention (PBI), or only an assessment. Students who received the BMI were significantly less likely to transition into heavy drinking or begin experiencing negative consequences as a result of alcohol use. The study is the first to provide support for BMI as a universal preventive intervention for incoming college students. The study analysis also suggests that future refinements could enhance PBI effectiveness.
The full article citation is: Wood, M. D. et al. "Brief Motivational and Parent Interventions for College Students: A Randomized Factorial Study." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology June 2010: 349-361.
More information can be viewed in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
More information about This Week! Features can be viewed on the Center's Web site.
The Higher Education Center's September 2010 Prevention Update, AOD Issues at Tribal Colleges and Universities, Now Posted
According to the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) "there are 36 federally recognized TCUs in the United States. Located mainly in the Midwest and Southwest, TCUs enroll approximately 30,000 full- and part-time students. They offer two-year associate degrees in more than 200 disciplines, with some providing a bachelor's and master's degree. They also offer 200 vocational certificate programs. TCUs are both integral and essential to their communities. They are often the only postsecondary institutions within some of our Nation's poorest rural areas. TCUs serve a variety of people, from young adults to senior citizens, American Indians to non-American Indians. They also provide crucial services and add hope to communities that suffer high rates of poverty and unemployment."
To view or download AOD Issues at Tribal Colleges and Universities,please visit the Prevention Updates page on the Center's Web site. Subscribe to receive notifications of new Prevention Updates.
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| Announcements from the Field | Upcoming conferences and events, new resources and publications, and job opportunities in the alcohol, drug abuse, and violence prevention field. The Center does not necessarily endorse the events and resources listed below, but offer this information as a service to the AODV prevention field.
First-Ever National Report Regarding LGBT Experiences at U.S. Colleges & Universities; Webinar of Findings and Recommendations
Campus Pride, a national non-profit working to create safer, more LGBT-inclusive colleges, has released the most comprehensive national research of its kind to date. The 2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People documents the experiences of students, faculty, staff and administrators who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) at colleges and universities across the United States. The results point to significant harassment of LGBT students and a lack of safety and inclusiveness on campuses across the country.
The report's findings and follow-up recommendations will be presented in a National Webinaron September 21, 2010. There will also be a National Congressional Policy Briefing on September 23, 2010 at the U.S. Capitol.
For more information or to purchase the report, please contact Campus Pride.
NASPA Offering Campus Sexual Assault: Approaches, Policies, and the Law Webinar
This e-seminar will be led by Professor Peter Lake, director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University College of Law. The program will discuss:
- Sexual assault and misconduct policies
- How to more effectively adjudicate sexual misconduct and assault
- The role alcohol and other drugs play in this issue
- Critical legal issues including Clery Act mandates and maintaining confidentiality
- FERPA and medical privacy laws
- Prevention strategies
- Case studies
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
The last day to register for this webinar is Friday, September 24, 2010.
For more information and to register for this Webinar, visit NASPA.
PreventConnect Offering Free Web Conference: Countering Secrecy and Privacy Around Violence Through Norms Change
PreventConnect is a national project of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) and is sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Participants in this free, 90-minute Web conference will:
- Understand how norms create an environment in which violence is more likely to occur
- Provide examples of successes from people and organizations working to counter norms of power and control over others
- Identify strategies being used to effectively counter and change norms
- Identify potential indicators for measuring progress in norms change
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010; Repeated on Wednesday, September 29, 2010.
Time: 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time both days.
For more information and to register, visit PreventConnect. |
| From the U.S. Department of Education | | Announcements and news from the U.S. Department of Education.
National Meeting Violence Prevention Workshops
There is still time to register and make hotel reservations for the National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, October 18-20, 2010,at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland.
The National Meeting will include many violence-related sessions. Some examples include:
- Implementing and Evaluating Violence Prevention Programs: The Experience of Three Universities
- Designing and Implementing Behavioral Threat Assessment Teams on College Campuses
- Developing a Systematic and Comprehensive Hazing Prevention Strategic Plan
- Findings from Campus Attacks: Targeted Violence Affecting Institutions of Higher Education
- Don't Just Stand There, Do Something: Integrating Bystander Education into Prevention Programming
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Funding Opportunities
- Working Together to End Interpersonal Violence
For more information and a full list of violence prevention workshops, visit the Higher Education Center's National Meeting page.
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| The Latest Research | The latest research related to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions.
McMahon, S. (2010). Rape myth beliefs and bystander attitudes among incoming college students. Journal of American College Health, 59(1), 3-11.
Nelson, T. F., Lenk, K. M., Xuan, Z., Wechsler, H. (2010). Student drinking at U.S. college sports events. Substance Use & Misuse, 45(12), 1861-1873.
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