Think Before You Drink

Hilary Conrad, Casey Koertge, Clearetta Smith, Jon Woodward

Our Mission

To increase knowledge about binge drinking and promote safe alcohol use among SIUE freshmen.

Target Population

Our target population was freshmen students at SIUE.

Why SIUE Freshmen?

According to the Core Survey, over 50% of college students that consume alcohol are under the age of 21.

Needs Assessment

We surveyed 11 students from a freshmen seminar class on their knowledge regarding binge drinking.

Overview of Program

We partnered with Andy King from Counseling Services.

We implemented our program four times among freshmen seminar classes and we had a total of 61 participants.

We used our first implementation as a pilot and made adjustments for our other three implementations based on our observations.

Activities

“Stand your ground”

Myth/Fact game

“What is a serving size?”

Goggles activity

Video

Poll Everywhere

Objective 1a

85% of students who attend the “Think Before You Drink” program will be able to identify what binge drinking is at the end of the program.

Pre test: 93%

Post test: 98%

Objective was met

Objective 1b At the end of the program, 75% of the students

will be able to identify how many ounces of hard liquor is considered one drink.

Pre test: 44%

Post test: 87%

Objective was met

Objective 1c

At the end of the program, 75% of the students will be able to identify the difference between myths and facts about binge drinking.

Pre test: 38%

Post test: 93%

Objective was met

Objective 2a

At the end of the program, 85% of the students will be able to identify 2 consequences associated with binge drinking.

Pre test: 85%

Post test: 100%

Objective was met

Recommendations

Use resources outside of your campus partner

Communicate

Don’t make assumptions

Any Questions?