INTERNET-BASED COLLEGE ALCOHOL EDUCATION

大学生酗酒仍然是一个严重的公共卫生问题。大多数学院和大学都在努力减少酗酒及其相关后果，并取得了不同程度的成功。然而，迄今为止的大多数努力都缺乏有效预防所必需的科学方法。该项目利用了大学酗酒，教学技术和电信方面的最新研究。该项目的主要目标是开发一个在线酒精教育课程，可用于任何学院或大学。该课程将针对已知预测大学酒精使用和滥用的中介：酒精意图，期望和规范信念。课程内容将模仿现有的综合酒精教育课程，但将采用互联网的独特功能，使其高度互动和以学生为中心。在线聊天室、公告板、电子邮件、调查问题和结果以及超文本“故事”将被用来提供有关酒精相关行为、态度和后果的准确信息和个性化反馈。许多作业将用于为学生提供有关大学饮酒的规范性反馈。这门课程有可能达到非传统和传统的大学生，以减少这一人群中的酒精滥用的目标。拟议的商业应用：学院和大学需要以研究为基础的教育计划，有效地减少学生的酗酒。《无毒学校和校园法》的通过为提供酒精教育提供了进一步的激励。本课程将帮助机构轻松经济地满足其教育和预防需求。超过90%的学院和大学提供远程学习，使这个在线课程非常适合几乎所有的教育基础设施。

Alcohol abuse among college students remains a serious public health problem. Concerted efforts to reduce alcohol abuse and the associated consequences have been made by most colleges and universities, with varying degrees of success. Most efforts to date, however, lack the scientific approach necessary for effective prevention. This project capitalizes on the latest research in college alcohol abuse, instructional technology, and telecommunications. The primary goal of this project is to develop an online alcohol education course that can be used by any college or university. The curriculum will target mediators known to predict college alcohol use and abuse: alcohol intentions, expectancies, and normative beliefs. The course content will model existing comprehensive alcohol education curricula, but will employ unique features of the Internet that will make it highly interactive and student-centered. Online chat rooms, bulletin boards, e-mail, survey questions and results, and hypertext "stories" will be used to present accurate information and personalized feedback about alcohol-related behavior, attitudes, and consequences. Many of the assignments will be used to provide students with normative feedback regarding college drinking. This course has the potential to reach both nontraditional and traditional college students, with the goal of reducing alcohol abuse among this population. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Colleges and universities are in need of research-based educational programs that are effective at reducing alcohol abuse among students. Passage of the Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Act provided further incentive for offering alcohol education. This course will help institutions meet their educational and prevention needs easily and economically. Over 90 percent of all colleges and universities offer distance learning, making this online course a perfect fit for virtually all educational infrastructures.