The Epidemiology of Alcohol Use at Tailgate Parties

描述（由申请人提供）： 总体的实际目的，拟议的研究是开发评估工具，可用于提供一个流行病学分析的环境行为和人的行为关系，适度和过度饮酒的个人参加大学足球车尾派对。建议的研究的具体目标包括：1）现场研究方法和措施的发展和完善的大规模流行病学研究的酒精消费在大学足球tailgate党; 2）初步评估的环境因素有关的过度饮酒在tailgate党; 3）识别与车尾派对上不同程度的酒精消费和醉酒相关的特定人口统计学和个人因素; 4）确定统计能力的估计值，用于未来对我们的酒精消费概念模型和相关负面结果的测试，特别是在酒精影响下驾驶的风险（DUI），这是由大学橄榄球比赛中的尾门派对造成的;以及5）为一项关于大学橄榄球比赛尾随的综合性多大学研究奠定基础，该研究将为制定、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。 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用性、国家排名、球队的赢/输记录、会议联系、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）。探索性分析将被用来评估酒精消费的环境和流行病学决定因素，在车尾党，并提供有关环境和个人因素，值得进一步流行病学研究的方向，并可能是大学的政策和/或预防干预措施，以减少酒精消费在车尾党的目标。

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.