TY - JOUR
T1 - Substance-related knowledge, attitude, and behaviour among college students
T2 - Opportunities for health education
AU - Heckman, Carolyn J.
AU - Dykstra, Jennifer L.
AU - Collins, Bradley N.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Objective: To examine substance-related attitudes and behaviours among college students across an academic semester.Design: Pre-post quasi-experimental survey design.Setting: A large University in the Midwestern United States.Method: Surveys were completed by 299 undergraduates enrolled in three courses: drugs and behaviour, abnormal psychology, and normal personality theories.Results: Although students that were enrolled in the drug course were not more knowledgeable about drugs than others at baseline, their knowledge increased by semester's end, while the others' did not. Perceived prevalence of alcohol use was more accurate and became increasingly accurate among drugs and behaviour students. Class enrolment, gender, and baseline substance use were associated with baseline attitudes and behaviours as well as changes over time.Conclusion: This study offers implications for substance use education opportunities on college campuses.
AB - Objective: To examine substance-related attitudes and behaviours among college students across an academic semester.Design: Pre-post quasi-experimental survey design.Setting: A large University in the Midwestern United States.Method: Surveys were completed by 299 undergraduates enrolled in three courses: drugs and behaviour, abnormal psychology, and normal personality theories.Results: Although students that were enrolled in the drug course were not more knowledgeable about drugs than others at baseline, their knowledge increased by semester's end, while the others' did not. Perceived prevalence of alcohol use was more accurate and became increasingly accurate among drugs and behaviour students. Class enrolment, gender, and baseline substance use were associated with baseline attitudes and behaviours as well as changes over time.Conclusion: This study offers implications for substance use education opportunities on college campuses.
KW - college students
KW - drug and alcohol education
KW - substance use prevention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=83655211490&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0017896910379694
DO - 10.1177/0017896910379694
M3 - Article
C2 - 22303033
SN - 0017-8969
VL - 70
SP - 383
EP - 399
JO - Health Education Journal
JF - Health Education Journal
IS - 4
ER -