Study Indicates Community-Campus Partnerships Help Reduce Underage Drinking and Associated Problems

Does your coalition include the local college or university in its action plan? Too often campus and community issues are viewed and dealt with separately. A recent article in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found that a campus-community partnership in one area reduced the binge drinking and neighborhood disruption caused by off-campus college parties.

July/August 2009 issue of Research Into Action breaks down the findings of the study, “Evaluating a Comprehensive Campus-Community Prevention Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Related Problems in a College Population,” and suggests effective ways for coalitions to engage local campus communities.

More on the study and how local anti-drug coalitions can use the study to inform their efforts appears in the July/August 2009 issue of Research into Action. To read further, go to the Research into Action page of CADCA’s National Coalition Institute Web site. The site also features an archive of previous issues in HTML and PDF formats.

Research into Action is a free publication, which reports on research findings that impact the work of coalitions. Published six times a year by CADCA’s National Coalition Institute, each issue examines what coalitions can do to implement knowledge they gain in their communities. Sign up for your free e-mail subscription on the Coalition Resources page of the National Coalition Institute's Web site.