Reconceptualizing Research on Undergraduate Alcohol Use The Need for Student Engagement

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is presented as an unrecognized and urgently needed approach for addressing the persistent public health concern of college student drinking in the United States. A major contention of this article is that the lack of progress in reducing alcohol-related...

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Published inEvaluation & the health professions Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 118 - 137
Main Authors Osborn, Cynthia J., Thombs, Dennis L., Olds, R. Scott
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications 01.06.2007
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adult
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol use
Alcoholic Intoxication - epidemiology
Alcoholic Intoxication - psychology
Behavioral Research
College students
Community based action research
Humans
Participatory research
Perception
Public health
Residence Characteristics
Social research
Students - psychology
Undergraduate students
United States - epidemiology
Universities
United States
college alcohol use
undergraduate alcohol use
community-based participatory research
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Summary:Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is presented as an unrecognized and urgently needed approach for addressing the persistent public health concern of college student drinking in the United States. A major contention of this article is that the lack of progress in reducing alcohol-related harm among college students during the past several decades has been the research community's failure to effectively engage and collaborate with undergraduates on shared concerns. The challenges of addressing college student drinking are reviewed, distinctive features of CBPR are described, and suggestions are provided for adopting CBPR as a more viable approach than those offered by traditional campus strategies.
ISSN:0163-2787
1552-3918
DOI:10.1177/0163278707300629