Alcoholism Number One Priority
In « A Matter of Degree: Social Norming Strategy Challenges Campus Drinking Culture ”, summer 2003 issue, volume six, number four, published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in the Journal of Addiction and Mental Health Cross Currents,
students are invited to stop drinking to much
Alcohol beverages. Therefore, in the article, there is a description and explanation of dangers among a targeted group made of college and
university students. The article is relevant because it is important to inform about the drawbacks of alcohol drinking at the beginning of the school year. The estimation of what made the campaign against alcoholism have a big impact is that students
tend to
Drink eight or more glasses of alcohol. People who drink can hurt themselves, become violent and destructive. So, in order to resolve the problem of drinking « social norming » is a concept which H. Wesley and Alan Berkowitz
research on at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and at some U.S. campuses like the Eastern Connecticut State University. Students are
advised in September by ads about the dangers of drinking too much and they are given questionnaire to evaluate their understanding of drinking alcohol. For instance, students are advised not to exceed a certain amount of alcohol beverage per day. BACCHUS a means to study how to continue to have healthier students is using qualitative methods to research them in order to make sure they understand the message. Some of the other ways used to reach student to prevent them from drinking alcohol that harms them, is using visual art so that they can be more aware and they have to say if they have seen the picture for example. Finally, students are a vulnerable group because they tend to more on special occasions when their are enjoying themselves.
Beatrice Nkundwa.
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