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AMOD program curbs consequences of college drinking

Physician Practice Advisor, September 14, 2004

College students at universities participating in an American Medical Association (AMA) program, "A Matter of Degree" (AMOD), are less likely to miss class, be assaulted by a drunk student, or hurt themselves after drinking, according to an evaluation conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and appearing in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

The study also found a decline in the drinking rates themselves at colleges incorporating the most AMOD policies or "interventions." AMOD, a program funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and managed by AMA, helps universities collaborate with their students and surrounding communities to reduce the environmental factors that lead to high-risk drinking.

Some of the interventions that AMOD suggests for campuses, law enforcement, and community residents and businesses include:

• alcohol advertising and promotion controls
• keg registration
• mandatory training for responsible beverage service
• stronger, more consistent campus-university enforcement and police collaboration
• curbs on selling alcohol without a license
• alcohol-free activities and residence halls

Go to www.rwjf.org for further information.

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