Internet-based College Alcohol Education

描述（由申请人提供）：大学生酗酒 仍然是一个严重的公共卫生问题。共同努力减少酒精 滥用和相关的后果已经由大多数大学和 大学，取得了不同程度的成功。该项目利用了 大学酗酒和教学技术的最新研究。的 SBIR项目第二阶段的主要目标是证明其有效性 基于互联网的酒精教育课程在改变中介变量 与大学生高危饮酒及相关问题的关系 学生：酒精意图，期望和规范性信念。初始 要完成的任务包括：（1）完善课程设置和网络方案 根据第一阶段的结果;（2）为大学创建指导手册 和可能教授该课程的大学教师;以及（3）收集和 为一本阅读书籍（在线和硬拷贝版本）编辑章节， 将反映专家在大学酒精滥用领域的研究， 补充课程内容和单元活动。一旦这些发展 任务完成后，将进行可用性研究，如有必要， 将对课程进行修改。在研究的第二年， 将进行一项独立评价的随机田间试验。 东南部一所大学的大约1,000名学生将被随机 分配到要么接收课程早在秋季学期或担任 等待列表控制（即，他们将在完成以下课程后接受培训： 测试后立即进行的调查以及三个月和六个月的跟踪调查）。 这项研究的结果有可能告诉我们， 以一种几乎是 普遍提供给大学生，通过互联网进行远程学习。 这门课程有可能改善大学酗酒的方式 预防工作得到实施、评估和宣传。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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. This project capitalizes on the latest research in college alcohol abuse and instructional technology. The primary goal of this Phase II SBIR project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of an Internet-based alcohol education course at changing mediating variables associated with high-risk alcohol use and related problems among college students: alcohol intentions, expectancies, and normative beliefs. Initial tasks to be completed include: (1) refining the curriculum and Internet program based on the results of Phase I; (2) creating an instruction manual for college and university faculty who may be teaching the course; and (3) collecting and editing chapters for a book of readings (online and hard-copy versions) that will reflect the research of experts in the field of college alcohol abuse and supplement the course curriculum and unit activities. Once these developmental tasks are completed, a usability study will be conducted, and if necessary, modifications to the course will be made. During the second year of the study, an independently evaluated, randomized field trial will be implemented. Approximately 1,000 students at a Southeastern university will be randomly assigned to either receive the course early in the fall semester or to serve as wait-list controls (i.e., they will receive the course after the completion of the immediate posttest survey and the three- and six-month follow-up surveys). The results of this study have the potential to inform us about the effectiveness of targeting research-based mediators in a format that is almost universally available to college students, distance learning via the Internet. This course has the potential to improve the way college alcohol abuse prevention efforts are implemented, evaluated, and disseminated.