Results

Our approach is yielding positive results!

A study involving fourteen UC and CSU campuses found that "using synergistic strategies that include targeting settings where the majority of heavy drinking events occur is effective in reducing the incidence and likelihood of intoxication among college students" (Saltz et al, 2010).

In this study UC Berkeley, which was designated as a high intervention dosage campus, did show reduced likelihood of students getting drunk at any setting. Our results were in contrast with the increased likelihood of students getting drunk at the control and low intervention campuses in the study. See the graph below.

(Saltz et al, 2010).

Other results in measures of alcohol-related student harm and student drinking rates at UC Berkeley from Fall 2003 to Fall 2010 are summarized in the following tables.

Student drinking:

Drank enough to be drunk	9% decrease
Consumed alcohol in the past year	6% decrease
Consumed alcohol in the past 30 days	5% decrease
Consumed alcohol in the past 30 days (underage)	.5% decrease
Reported binge drinking in the previous two weeks	9% increase
Reported binge drinking in the previous two weeks (underage)	2% decrease

Student reports of alcohol-related harm:

Some form of public misconduct (such as trouble with police, fighting/arguing, DWI/DUI, vandalism	16% decrease
Experiencing some kind of serious personal problems (such as suicidality, being hurt of injured, trying unsuccessfully to stop using, sexual assault)	27% decrease
Experiencing some kind of minor personal problem (such as missing class, having a memory loss, having a hangover, vomiting)	4% decrease

Student harm due to "my drinking":

Trouble with police	7% decrease
Trouble with school authorities	45% increase
Hurt or injured	31% decrease
Pass out	53% decrease
Miss a class	30% decrease
Damage property	30% decrease

Student harm due to "other students drinking":

My study or sleep interrupted	8% decrease
Pushed, hit or assaulted	33% decrease
Had to babysit or take care of another student who drank too much	9% increase

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Last revised: December 2011