The Epidemiology of Alcohol Use at Tailgate Parties

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议研究的主要实际目的是开发评估工具，可用于对参加大学橄榄球尾随派对的个人中与适度和过度饮酒有关的环境-行为和个人-行为关系进行流行病学分析。拟议研究的具体目标包括：1)发展和改进现场研究方法和措施，以便对大学足球后座派对上的酒精消费进行大规模流行病学研究；2)对与后座派对上过度饮酒有关的环境因素进行初步评估；3)确定与后座派对上不同程度的酒精消费和醉酒有关的特定人口和个人因素；4)确定未来测试我们的酒精消费概念模型的统计能力估计数，以及相关的负面结果，特别是大学足球比赛中后座派对导致的酒后驾车风险；以及5)为在大学足球比赛中追尾的全面和多大学研究奠定基础，该研究将为基于大学的干预措施的制定、实施和评估提供信息，以减少体育赛事中的过度饮酒。在拟议的研究中将评估的变量包括环境因素(例如食物和非酒精饮料的可获得性、国家排名、球队的输赢记录、会议隶属关系、竞争状况、比赛结果)和个人因素(例如性别、饮酒史、与大学的关系，以及对其中一支参赛球队的支持)。探索性分析将用于评估在后排派对上饮酒的环境和流行病学决定因素，并提供关于环境和个人因素的方向，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/或预防干预措施的目标，以减少在后排派对上的饮酒。

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.