Back to Search
Start Over
The state sets the rate: the relationship among state-specific college binge drinking, state binge drinking rates, and selected state alcohol control policies.
- Source :
-
American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2005 Mar; Vol. 95 (3), pp. 441-6. - Publication Year :
- 2005
-
Abstract
- Objectives: We assessed the relationship between college binge drinking, binge drinking in the general population, and selected alcohol control policies.<br />Methods: We analyzed binge drinking rates from 2 national surveys, the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Binge drinking data were linked to a summary measure of 7 salient alcohol control policies and a rating of resources devoted to law enforcement.<br />Results: State-level college and adult binge drinking rates were strongly correlated (Pearson correlation coefficient=0.43; P<.01). Attending college in states with the lowest binge drinking rates (adjusted odds ratio [OR]=0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.41, 0.97) and presence of more stringent alcohol control policies (adjusted OR=0.57; 95% CI=0.33, 0.97) were independent predictors of student binge drinking, after adjusting for state law enforcement and individual-, college-, and state-level covariates.<br />Conclusions: State of residence is a predictor of binge drinking by college students. State-level alcohol control policies may help reduce binge drinking among college students and in the general population.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Behavior
Health Policy
Health Surveys
Humans
Law Enforcement
Logistic Models
Male
Organizational Policy
Population Surveillance
Predictive Value of Tests
Residence Characteristics statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Students psychology
Students statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Alcohol Drinking epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking prevention & control
Alcohol Drinking psychology
Drug and Narcotic Control organization & administration
Ethanol poisoning
State Health Plans organization & administration
Universities organization & administration
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0090-0036
- Volume :
- 95
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15727974
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.043810