The Epidemiology of Alcohol Use at Tailgate Parties

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议研究的总体实际目的是开发评估工具，可用于提供与参加大学橄榄球车尾派对的个人适度和过度饮酒相关的环境行为和个人行为关系的流行病学分析。本研究的具体目标包括：1)开发和完善现场研究的方法和措施，以开展大规模的流行病学研究，研究大学橄榄球比赛后车尾派对的酒精消费情况；2)初步评估与车尾派对过度饮酒相关的环境因素；3)确定与车尾派对中不同程度的酒精消费和醉酒相关的特定人口和个人因素；4)确定统计能力的估计，为我们的概念模型的未来测试酒精消费和相关的负面结果，特别是酒后驾驶（DUI）的风险，导致在大学橄榄球比赛的车尾聚会；5)为在大学橄榄球比赛中进行一项全面的、多所大学的尾随研究奠定基础，这将为制定、实施和评估以大学为基础的干预措施提供信息，以减少体育赛事中的过度饮酒。将在拟议的研究中评估的变量包括环境因素（例如，食物和非酒精饮料的可用性，国家排名，团队的输赢记录，会议隶属关系，竞争状态，比赛结果）和个人因素（例如，性别，饮酒史，与大学的关系，以及对竞争团队之一的支持）。探索性分析将用于评估车尾派对酒精消费的环境和流行病学决定因素，并提供有关环境和个人因素的指导，这些因素值得进一步的流行病学研究，并可能成为大学政策和/或预防干预的目标，以减少车尾派对的酒精消费。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching practical purpose of the proposed research is to develop evaluation tools that can be used to provide an epidemiological analysis of environment-behavior and person-behavior relationships related to moderate and excessive alcohol consumption among individuals attending college football tailgate parties. Specific aims of the proposed research include: 1) the development and refinement of field research methodologies and measures for a large-scale epidemiological study of alcohol consumption at college football tailgate parties; 2) an initial assessment of environmental factors related to excessive alcohol consumption at tailgate parties; 3) the identification of specific demographic and personal factors related to various levels of alcohol consumption and intoxication at tailgate parties; 4) determination of estimates of statistical power for a future test of our conceptual model of alcohol consumption and related negative outcomes, especially risk for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), that result from tailgate partying at college football games; and 5) laying the groundwork for a comprehensive and multi-university study of tailgating at college football games that will inform the development, implementation and evaluation of university-based interventions to reduce excessive alcohol consumption at sporting events. Variables that will be assessed in the proposed research include both environmental factors (e.g., availability of food and nonalcoholic beverages, national ranking, win/lose record of teams, conference affiliation, rivalry status, outcome of game) and person factors (e.g., gender, drinking history, relationship with the university, and support for one of the competing teams). Exploratory analyses will be used to evaluate environmental and epidemiological determinants of alcohol consumption at tailgate parties, and provide direction regarding environmental and personal factors that deserve further epidemiological study and could be the target of university policies and/or prevention interventions to reduce alcohol consumption at tailgate parties.