Alcohol and Cal Poly Pomona Students Goals & Objectives (2) Definitions & Assessments (3) Bad News Views (11) Good News Views (14) Positive Norms Alcohol Use Behaviors (7) Consequences (3) Protective Behaviors (3) NIU & HWSC Experiences (4) Alcohol in Perspective (1) Number in () is number of slides

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 2 Guiding Principles & Goals  Provide safe & secure environment  Encourage health & wellness  Promote healthy choices  Enforce laws & policies  Encourage Good Samaritan behavior  Provide support & treatment  Involve students  Focus on campus & community  Use social norms & peer education  Overarching Goals  Increase quality and years of healthy life  Eliminate health disparities  Substance Abuse Goal  Reduce substance abuse to protect the health, safety, and quality of life for all

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 3 Healthy People 2010 & Healthy Campus 2010 National Health Objective 26-11b. Reduce the proportion of college students engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages. Targets: Baselines: Target setting method: National: Not applicable College: 49% improvement (Better than the best when data are available) Our Campus: Data sources: National: Not applicable College: Monitoring the Future Study, NIH, NIDA, NCHA Our Campus: National College Health Assessment NationalNACollege39%Our Campus NationalNACollege20%Our Campus 23%

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 4 High Risk Drinking Defined  By gender  Males: 5 or more drinks in a single sitting  Females: 4 or more drinks in a single sitting  Why high risk?  Negative outcomes increase significantly  What is a drink?  12 oz. Can/bottle of beer  10 oz. Wine cooler  1.5 oz. Liquor  4 oz. Wine

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 5 Assessments  Cal Poly Pomona  CORE Drug & Alcohol Survey  National College Health Assessment  Health Risk Appraisals  National  CORE  Monitoring the Future  Harvard Alcohol Studies  National College Health Assessment

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 6 Assessment Questions  The last time you “partied”/socialized, how many alcoholic drinks did you have?  Within the last 30 days, how often do you think the typical student at your school used alcohol?  How many alcoholic drinks do you think the typical student at your school and the last time he/she “partied”/socialized?  How many times, if any, have you had five or more alcoholic drinks at a sitting in the last two weeks?

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 7 The Bad News Views

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 8 8-Year Trend at Cal Poly Pomona No High Risk Drinking in Past 2-Weeks z Blue: 8 Health Risk Appraisal data points z Brown: 2 Core (’94 & ’96) & 1 NCHA (’00) data points z Red: Trendline z Green: Healthy People 2010 Objective at 20% Green line on all slides is Healthy People and Campus 2010 Target

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 9 Experienced as result of your drinking in last year Consequences from Drinking

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 10 Academic Consequences from Drinking

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 11 Any Alcohol Drinking and Driving in Last 30 Days After Any Alcohol & 5+ Drinks Driving After Any Alcohol Drove After Drinking 5 Drinks

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 12 Alcohol Use in Last 30 Days: 0, 1-29, Daily Perception versus Actual Perception of Typical Student Use Actual Student Use

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 13 Percent thinking typical student drank 5 or more drinks last time partied. Perceptions by Legal Age Red line: actual proportion high risk drinking.

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 14 Percent thinking typical student drank 5 or more drinks last time partied. Perception by Year in School Red line: actual proportion high risk drinking.

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 15 Percent thinking typical student drank 5 or more drinks last time partied. Perception by Residence Red line: actual proportion high risk drinking.

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 16 Percent thinking typical student drank 5 or more drinks last time partied. Perception by Ethnicity Red line: actual proportion high risk drinking.

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 17 Arrests & Discipline Referrals  1999 Cal Poly Campus Safety Data  10 Liquor Law Arrests  Referrals for Campus Disciplinary Action  University Housing – 106  University Village – 55  Winter/Spring Qtr 00/01 Referrals to Health Education  University Housing: 21  Judicial Affairs: 2  Athletics: 9

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 18 The Good News Views

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 19 A Norm: Most Students Did Not High Risk Drink in the Last 2 Weeks

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 20 A Norm: Most Students Did Not High Risk Drink in the Last Time Partied or Socialized High Risk Drinking >3 for females, >4 for males Not High Risk Drinking (<4 for females, <5 for males)

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 21 Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2 Weeks By Legal Age

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 22 Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2 Weeks By Year in School

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 23 Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2 Weeks By Residence

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 24 Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2 Weeks By Ethnicity

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 25 Most Did Not do High Risk Drinking in Past 2 Weeks By Greek Membership

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 26 No Consequences from Drinking Experienced as result of your drinking in last year

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 27 No Academic Consequences from Drinking

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 28 Cal Poly Pomona Students Safe Drinking Behaviors Five Norms: most (>50%) Cal Poly Pomona students do these.

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 29 College Students Nationally Safe Drinking Behaviors Five Norms: most (>50%) Cal Poly Pomona students do these.

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 30 Statement by President Welty “Actually, two-thirds of students drink moderately or not at all.“ In the summary of May 2001 Board of Trustees meeting. A statement for Cal Poly Pomona could be: Over three-quarters of Cal Poly Pomona students drink moderately or not at all.

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 31 Protective Drinking Behaviors Over two-thirds of Cal Poly Pomona students either use at least one protective drinking behavior or do not drink when they party.

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 32 Social Norms Experience at Northern Illinois University All college actual safer drinking NIU perceived safer drinking NIU actual safer drinking

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 33 Social Norms Experience at Northern Illinois University

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 34 Social Norms Experience at Northern Illinois University

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 35 Social Norms Experience at Hobart & William Smith Colleges New Student Orientation

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 36 Keeping It In Perspective  Access to health care  Percent with insurance  All people in US: 83%  College students: 83%  CPP students: 65%  Blood pressure checked in past 2 yrs  All people in US: 90%  College students: 90%  CPP students: 81%  Health reasons for low grades  Relationship difficulties  College students: 3.4  CPP students: 5.1%  Sleep difficulties  College students: 73%  CPP students: 78%  Mental health  Attempted Suicide  College students: 1.5%  CPP students: 2.8%

Cal Poly Pomona Alcohol Policy and Program Advisory Committee 37 The End