Reconceptualizing Research on Undergraduate Alcohol Use

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 01.06.2007
Subjects
Alcohol consumption
Alcohol related problems
Colleges
Community based research
Public health
USA
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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. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2007.]
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ISSN:0163-2787
DOI:10.1177/0163278707300629