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dc.contributor.authorShaffer, Howard Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorDonato, Anthony N
dc.contributor.authorLaBrie, Richard Anthony
dc.contributor.authorKidman, Rachel C
dc.contributor.authorLaPlante, Debi Anne A.
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-08T17:31:02Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationShaffer, Howard J., Anthony N. Donato, Richard A. LaBrie, Rachel C. Kidman, and Debi A. LaPlante. 2005. The epidemiology of college alcohol and gambling policies. Harm Reduction Journal 2: 1.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1477-7517en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4739128
dc.description.abstractBackground: This article reports the first national assessment of patterns of drinking and gambling-related rulemaking on college campuses (e.g., punitive versus recovery oriented). Analyses relating school policies to known school rates of drinking or gambling identified potentially influential policies. These results can inform and encourage the development of guidelines, or "best practices," upon which schools can base future policy. Methods: The college policy information was collected from handbooks, Web sites and supplemental materials of 119 scientifically selected colleges included in the fourth (2001) Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS). A coding instrument of 40 items measured the scope and focus of school alcohol and gambling policies. This instrument included items to measure the presence of specific policies and establish whether the policies were punitive or rehabilitative. A total of 11 coders followed a process of information extraction, coding and arbitration used successfully in other published studies to codify policy information. Results: Although all schools had a student alcohol use policy, only 26 schools (22%) had a gambling policy. Punitive and restrictive alcohol policies were most prevalent; recovery-oriented policies were present at fewer than 30% of schools. Certain alcohol and gambling policies had significant relationships with student binge drinking rates. Conclusions: The relative lack of college recovery-oriented policies suggests that schools might be overlooking the value of rehabilitative measures in reducing addictive behaviors among students. Since there are few college gambling-related policies, schools might be missing an opportunity to inform students about the dangers of excessive gambling.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi://10.1186/1477-7517-2-1en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC549515/pdf/en_US
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dc.titleThe Epidemiology of College Alcohol and Gambling Policiesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden_US
dc.relation.journalHarm Reduction Journalen_US
dash.depositing.authorLaBrie, Richard Anthony
dc.date.available2011-03-08T17:31:02Z
dash.affiliation.otherHMS^Psychiatry-Cambridge Hospitalen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1477-7517-2-1*
dash.contributor.affiliatedLaBrie, Richard Anthony
dash.contributor.affiliatedShaffer, Howard
dash.contributor.affiliatedLaPlante, Debi


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