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Alcohol and Sexual ViolenceBRIEF SCREENING FORHIGH-RISK ALCOHOL USECollege health professionals have limited time withstudents. Research shows, however, that a briefintervention can decrease alcohol use significantlyamong people who drink in high-risk fashion.A single question (or more, if time allows) canbe included on a student history/intake form orasked at each health/wellness visit. In just a fewminutes, one can ask the question, reflect understanding,and use the teachable moment to makea referral, if appropriate, to health education,counseling, and/or community resources.A single alcohol intervention question might be:How many times in the past year haveyou had five or more drinks on oneoccasion (for men) or four or more drinkson one occasion (for women)?One or more heavy drinking days indicates highriskalcohol use. Even one episode of high-riskdrinking can have negative physical, academic,social, and/or emotional consequences.If time allows, ask about a pattern of alcohol use.Questions might include:✤ How often do you drink alcohol?✤ How many drinks do you consumewhen you drink?✤ How often do you drink five or moredrinks on one occasion?As reflected in the national data, increased quantityand frequency of alcohol consumption increasesthe risk for negative consequences. Early interventioncan reduce risk and help students make morehealthy decisions around alcohol use and thusacademic success.For more information and resources about briefalcohol intervention, visit: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/CliniciansGuide2005/clinicians_guide.htm✤✤✤✤✤Examine and revise campus policies regarding alcoholand violence.Establish campus-community coalitions to supportcampus policies regarding alcohol use and the controlof alcohol access by students.Enlist support and involvement of large social groupssuch as Greeks and athletes to take a stand againsthigh-risk drinking and/or forced sex (Abbey, 2002).Encourage collaboration between those on campus whoare responsible for alcohol programming and those whoare responsible for sexual violence prevention (Abbey,2002).Employ multiple modalities in education programmingon alcohol use and negative consequences of poordecisions.✤ Include questions about sexual violence and alcoholuse in all health, counseling, and judicial affairs visits.College health professionals can become catalysts andpowerful agents of change on the issue of campus sexualviolence prevention and alcohol misuse. Further, collegehealth professionals can lessen alcohol-related violence oncampus through continuous, timely, accurate, comprehensive,and consistent primary prevention efforts.ReferencesAbbey, A. (2002). Alcohol-related sexual assault: A common problem among college students.Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement No. 14, 118-128.American College Health Association (ACHA). (2007). National college health assessment:Reference group executive summary spring 2007. Baltimore, MD: Author.American College Health Association (ACHA). (2008). American College Health Association-NationalCollege Health Assessment spring 2007 reference group data report (abridged). Journal of AmericanCollege Health, 56(5), 469-479.American College Health Association (ACHA). (2008). American College Health Association-NationalCollege Health Assessment spring 2007. Unpublished raw data.Carr, J.L., & VanDeusen, K.M. (2004). Risk factors for male sexual aggression on college campuses.Journal of Family Violence, 19(5), 279-289.Humphrey, J.A., & White, J.W. (2000). Women’s vulnerability to sexual assault from adolescenceto young adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Health, 27, 419-424.Mohler-Kuo M., Dowdall, G.W., Koss, M.P., & Wechsler, H. (2004, January). Correlates of rape whileintoxicated in a national sample of college women. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 37-45.National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Task Force on College Drinking.(April 2002). A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges. (NIH publicationNo. 02-5010). Author.Wechsler, H., Lee, J.E., Kuo, M., Seibring, M., Nelson, T.F., & Lee, H. (2002). Trends in collegebinge drinking during a period of increased prevention efforts. Findings of 4 Harvard School ofPublic Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1993-2001. Journal of American College Health.50(5), 203-217.20
Prevention of Sexual Violence on CampusAn Assessment ToolACHA’s “Position Statement on Preventing Sexual Violence on College and University Campuses” recommends the following15 actions be taken to address policy, prevention, and intervention as it pertains to sexual violence. College healthprofessionals, who are in a powerful position to prevent campus sexual violence, are encouraged to use the assessment toolbelow periodically to note your institution’s level of completion of each action. Once the assessment is completed, the informationshould be shared with administrators, faculty, staff, and students. This simple tool can also guide your campus efforts atprimary prevention of sexual violence.Action yet to be addressedCompleted1. Develop a policy statement and directive from thepresident/chancellor of the institution that demonstratesrecognition of sexual violence as a problem, a commitmentto reduce its occurrence, and action steps for the campuscommunity.1 2 3 4 52. Develop a multidisciplinary task force on campus to addresssexual violence prevention and response services thatincludes high-level campus administration, academic leaders,student leaders, and community partners.3. Create policies that reflect an expectation of civility, honor,respect, and nonviolence for all members of the communityand encourage behaviors that build a sense of community.4. Revise, enforce, and widely distribute disciplinary regulationsin the student code that demonstrate an intoleranceof all forms of sexual violence and implement sanctions forviolations by faculty, staff, and students.5. Educate disciplinary boards on non-stranger assaults, perpetratorpatterns, and possible victim responses and patterns.6. Provide comprehensive training on all aspects of sexualviolence for campus administrators; campus law enforcement;health and counseling services staff; faculty; staff; and studentleaders that includes the dynamics of sexual violence,access to care, victim response, and federal/state statutes.7. Develop a coordinated, seamless, victim-centered responseservicebetween campus and community resources thatoffers the options of:1 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 5✤✤Anonymous reportingLaw enforcement involvement1 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 521
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