Alcohol Marketing and Young People’s Drinking: The Role of Perceived Social Norms
An Intriguing Dissertation by Gerard Hastings at the University of Stirling Abstract There has been substantial scientific debate about the impact of alcohol marketing on consumption. Relying mainly on econometric studies, the alcohol industry has traditionally maintained that alcohol marketing does not influence consumption, but is merely limited to brand level effects. Public health advocates, […]
Everyone Reads in the Bathroom!
Nearly 90% of Virginia Commonwealth University students read Stall Seat Journals – posters full of cool graphics and timely health information that get taped to bathroom stall doors every month. Read more about the 10th anniversary of VCU’s program!
New Literature as of Oct. 13
Hard to believe that 2014 is almost over, and 2015 journals are already available online! Check out these new articles from PubMed and other databases. Barnett, N. P., Clerkin, E. M., Wood, M., Monti, P. M., Tevyaw, T. O. L., Corriveau, D., … & Kahler, C. W. (2014). Description and predictors of positive and negative […]
CHSN Flu Tracking 10/4/2014
In the third weekly report of influenza activity on campuses in the College Health Surveillance Network, 10 of 14 schools report 1 or more influenza-like illness cases. No school or region has crossed the threshold of a CDC defined outbreak. At least one school in each region had a reported case. The images above include the weekly graph showing ILI visits, […]
Perspective on Student Deaths by James Turner, M.D.*
NSNI has received a number of anecdotal reports of college student deaths this fall. These tragedies have resulted in inquiries from the press regarding NSNI’s mortality study presented at the American Public Health Association Meeting in November 2011, and its subsequent publication in the Journal of College Student Psychotherapy in January 2013. Many of the […]
Habit Predicts Alcohol Consumption
This is a small study (n=46 college students) that certainly needs replication on a larger scale, with a more demographically diverse sample, before being taken as definitive. However, the finding that “… habit (emphasis added) was a significant predictor of both amount and proportion of alcohol consumed…[and] was shown to effectively discriminate between…” intention and behavior is […]
CHSN Flu Tracking 9/27/2014
In the second weekly report of influenza activity on campuses in the College Health Surveillance Network, 7 of 14 schools (50%) report minimal flu cases. No school or region has crossed the threshold of a CDC defined outbreak. Two schools, one in Florida, and one in New York, had reported positive flu tests confirming influenza on those […]
Two articles on effect of Age of Onset on heavy drinking
Age of Onset and Delay to First Intoxication: College Students Citation: Morean, M. E., Corbin, W. R., & Fromme, K. (2012). Age of first use and delay to first intoxication in relation to trajectories of heavy drinking and alcohol‐related problems during emerging adulthood. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36(11), 1991-1999. Results An earlier AO and/or […]
Call for Proposals: NASPA Prevention Conferences
October 6 Deadline The call for proposals is open until October 6 for the three conferences that NASPA holds in conjunction: Alcohol and Other Drugs Prevention; Violence Prevention; and Mental Health. The combined conference will take place on January 11-13, 2015 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland. Early bird registration […]
UK Children Over-Estimate Smoking By Peers
A study published in the September issue of Addictive Behaviors found “…that young people in five schools in the UK do overestimate the smoking behaviour of their peers, particularly in areas with high smoking prevalence in the community surrounding the school. ” Click HERE to link to the study by Elsey, Owiredu, Thomson et al.: Do Children […]