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SAMHSA Webinar "College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives from the Field"

SAMHSA Webinar "College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives from the Field"

Click here to register: https://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/webinars/2017_CDPP/default.aspx

The role of institution of higher education professionals is vital to underage drinking prevention efforts.

According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 58 percent of full-time college students ages 18-22 drank alcohol in the past month. Furthermore, 37.9 percent of college students ages 18-22 reported binge drinking in the past month.

Join the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on Tuesday, February 28 from 11:00 am - 12:00 noon PT, for "College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives from the Field."external link disclaimer The webinar will highlight an important new resource—the College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives video series—which showcases underage drinking prevention strategies on and around college campuses across the nation.

The first video in the series, "Lessons Learned at Frostburg State University," explores actions taken to reduce underage and harmful drinking in the campus community, and offers educators, parents of college-age youth, and prevention organizations insights into what local prevention efforts worked at Frostburg State University.

Webinar Topics

  • An excerpt of "Lessons Learned at Frostburg State University;" and
  • A panel of experts in the prevention field will address:
    • Alcohol’s impact on the developing brain of young adults;
    • How to encourage dialogue among IHE professionals and community stakeholders around actionable strategies and tactics to prevent underage drinking; and
    • Partnerships and programs that can help reduce underage drinking.

Panelists

  • Vivian Faden, Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor, Office of the Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  • Marion Pierce, Public Health Analyst, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), SAMHSA
  • Jenny Haubenreiser, Executive Director, Student Health Services, Oregon State University

The webinar will close with a Q&A session for webinar participants, and will provide information about additional resources for underage drinking prevention in college communities.

Click here to register for the webinar.external link disclaimer

Please contact us at info@stopalcoholabuse.net if you have any questions about the webinar.

Visit SAMHSA's Communities Talk website for more information and resources about underage drinking prevention.