The College Prevention Study is a large project conducted in partnership with a statewide coalition for higher education prevention. The main goal is to understand how institutions of higher education select, adopt, and implement strategies to address risky alcohol and other substance use. We evaluate the use of the NIAAA’s College Alcohol Intervention Matrix (CollegeAIM) tool. Our overarching goals are to reduce barriers for providers to be able to select, implement, and sustain evidence-based approaches for alcohol and other substance prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery approaches for college students. The main focus and goal of our study is provider focused. The study is funded by NIH Career Development Award (K08AA028543; PI: Helle).

Initial findings presented to our community partners can be found here. More findings coming soon.

Our work with partners and collaborators focuses on a series of papers and/or projects focusing on identifying the differences in student risk and/or needs for substance related prevention, early intervention, and recovery supports on 2-year, or community college campsues raltive to 4-year campuses. We also hone in on the available and needed provider training, support, and infrastructure to implement evidence-based strategies to address risky substance use for community college students via implementation science approaches.

We have several other works underway focusing on the areas listed below:

• Tobacco policy and tobacco use on college campuses.

• Training and technical assistance (TATA) needs and barriers to implementing evidence-based practices on college campuses.

• Adaptation of existing evidence-based practices for alcohol programs on college campuses.

• Community-campus engagement in the application of prevention programs.