Abstract
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of a harm reduction e-card at increasing protective drinking behaviors and decreasing negative outcomes from consuming alcohol.Participants: Participants were college students who turned 21 years old between January 21 2016 and September 27 2017. A total of 1,064 students completed the posttest: 737 from the experimental group and 327 from the control group.Methods: This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluation. Three days prior to their birthdays, students were randomly selected to receive a harm reduction e-card (experimental group) or not (control group). Three days after their birthdays, all students were sent an electronic posttest survey to the student’s university email address.Results: Students who received the e-card intervention reported employing more protective behaviors than the individuals who did not receive the card. Conclusions: This evaluation concludes that a harm reduction e-card successfully increased the use of protective drinking strategies but did not impact negative outcomes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1293-1300 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of American College Health |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- 21st birthday e-card
- campus alcohol use
- harm reduction
- risky drinking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health