An online alcohol and risky sex prevention program for college students studying abroad: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study protocol describes a proposed randomized controlled trial that builds upon a successful pilot intervention study to address problematic and dangerous drinking among young adult college students studying abroad in foreign environments. Despite universities and colleges citing alcohol misuse as the most concerning issue for their students abroad, most institutions offer no empirically-based prevention efforts tailored to this at-risk population. The proposed intervention attempts to fill a major gap for the nearly 333,000 students completing study abroad programs each year by using empirically-based and theoretically-informed risk and protective factors to correct misperceived peer drinking norms and promote cultural engagement abroad. In addition to preventing

SUBMITTER: Pedersen ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6700838 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature