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Sociodemographic factors associated with recent alcohol use among college students

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Pages 258-264 | Received 23 Jul 2018, Accepted 20 Nov 2018, Published online: 03 Dec 2018
 

ABSTRACT

Alcohol use among college students continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine factors associated with recent alcohol use among college students. Participants completed the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment in their classrooms. The university wellness center recruited participants. Findings indicated 76.0% of participants reported using alcohol in the past 30 days. Recent alcohol use was associated with multiple factors including grade level, sorority/fraternity status, been emotionally abused, mental health problems, and other drug use. College health professionals may use study findings to develop and implement harm reduction and alcohol prevention programming for students.

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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