Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students on Campus: Lessons From Experienced Practitioners

Wagstaff, Jennifer; Welfare, Laura E.

doi:10.1002/jocc.12180

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“…Research over the past 30 years has also provided guidance regarding the value of and best practices for delivering several content domains of BASICS, with a particular focus on normative feedback. Considerably less is known about other adaptations, and there is a clear need for ongoing research to address implementation barriers identified on college campuses (e.g., Wagstaff & Welfare, 2021).…”

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“…This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly. Partly because of these dissemination efforts, BASICS has been adopted on college campuses both nationally and internationally (e.g., Hanewinkel & Wiborg, 2005;Simão et al, 2008;Wagstaff & Welfare, 2021). Nonetheless, there remain several challenges to broader adoption.…”

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“…Number and Duration of Sessions. The time required to facilitate BASICS can be an important challenge for implementation, since students may be less likely to engage in lengthier sessions or for multiple sessions, or campuses may have limited staff availability and competing demands for staff time (Wagstaff & Welfare, 2021). While the brevity of the initial BASICS protocol attempted to address these barriers, additional changes to intervention duration may be deemed desirable depending on individual student needs and/or campus staffing constraints.…”

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“…In technical terms, BASICS is a type of BMI, although BMIs can and have been developed for concerns other than alcohol use (e.g., Maltby & Tolin, 2005). BMIs focused on alcohol use, although often patterned closely after BASICS, do not necessarily follow the BASICS manualized protocol (Wagstaff & Welfare, 2021). However, it can be difficult, at times, to determine specific differences between these other BMIs and BASICS.…”

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“…Building on the strong foundation of efficacy research on BASICS and related BMI approaches, the current article reviews research addressing some of the real-world considerations in delivering BASICS on college campuses (Wagstaff & Welfare, 2021), ranging from what is known about effective elements of feedback content to considering by whom, how, and where BASICS can be best delivered to reach students in need. Research providing support for (or against) adaptations from the original BASICS protocol (Dimeff et al, 1999) to address resource constraints, local campus contexts, or specific needs of diverse student populations are reviewed to identify best practices, guide implementation decisions, and highlight remaining implementation challenges and research gaps as well as future research needed to continue to make progress on dissemination and implementation of BASICS and related BMIs on college campuses.…”

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The first clinical trial of the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) was launched at the University of Washington in 1990. Since that time, multiple trials have demonstrated the efficacy of BASICS and related approaches in a variety of young adult populations and this information has been widely disseminated. However, in practice BASICS implementation varies considerably, including formats and mediums (e.g., group, telehealth, written/electronic feedback alone) not studied in the original research. Even if delivered in an individual in-person format, implementation can stray substantially from the original design. Adaptations may be necessary to address campus resource constraints or other barriers to implementation but can have unknown impacts on intervention effectiveness. Thus, despite wide-scale efforts to disseminate and implement BASICS, challenges remain, and there are several critical research gaps that need to be addressed to support campuses in implementing BASICS successfully. The current manuscript reviews several ways in which BASICS has been adapted to address these challenges, and provides recommendations for best implementation practices as well as future research needed to improve implementation and effectiveness of BASICS going forward. Public Health Significance StatementThis article provides an overview of the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) and describes research evidence, practical considerations, and best practices for delivering this evidence-based approach. It also addresses implementation barriers, research gaps, and future directions.

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2023

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Peer‐led interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in college students: A scoping review

Lavilla-Gracia

Pueyo‐Garrigues

Pueyo‐Garrigues³

et al. 2022

Health Social Care Comm

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Risky alcohol consumption among college students is a significant public health issue. In the college setting, students can collaborate in the implementation of peer‐led interventions. To date, evidence of peer‐led programmes in reducing harmful alcohol consumption in this population is inconclusive. The aim of the current scoping review is to provide a broad overview by systematically examining and mapping the literature on peer‐led interventions for preventing risky alcohol consumption by college students. The specific aims were to (1) identify the underlying focus of the interventions and assess their (2) effectiveness and (3) feasibility. A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, DART‐Europe, RCAAP, Trove and ProQuest. The inclusion criteria were peer‐led interventions that exclusively addressed alcohol consumption, college students as the target population and interventional studies (randomised controlled trials, quasi‐experimental studies, systematic reviews and meta‐analyses of interventions). The methodological quality of the articles was evaluated. From 6654 potential studies, 13 were included. Nine interventions were described within these studies: Voice of Reason programme, Brief Advice sessions, Peer Theatre, Alcohol Education programme, Perceptions of Alcohol Norms intervention, Motivational Intervention, Alcohol Skills Training programme, Lifestyle Management Class and the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students. Only the last showed significant reductions in three of the four outcome measures: quantity and frequency of drinking, estimated peak blood alcohol concentration and alcohol‐related consequences. It did not significantly decrease the number of heavy‐drinking episodes. Peer interventions may be effective in preventing alcohol use among college students, although the evidence is weak and scarce. Further research is needed to strengthen the findings about peer‐led interventions.

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Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students on Campus: Lessons From Experienced Practitioners

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

Thirty years of BASICS: Dissemination and implementation progress and challenges.

Thirty years of BASICS: Dissemination and implementation progress and challenges.

Mental Health Concerns for College Students

Peer‐led interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in college students: A scoping review

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