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Is Everybody Drinking? Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Department of Student Health

Is Everybody Drinking? Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Department of Student Health. Each family will receive an audience response “clicker.” Please pass to the end of your row following the session. Student Health Services Handbook for Parents pages 36-41. General Medicine

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Is Everybody Drinking? Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Department of Student Health

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  1. Is Everybody Drinking? Gordie Center for Substance Abuse PreventionDepartment of Student Health Each family will receive an audience response “clicker.” Please pass to the end of your row following the session.

  2. Student Health ServicesHandbook for Parents pages 36-41 • General Medicine • Gynecology • Learning Needs & Disability (LNEC) • Counseling & Psychological (CAPS) • Pharmacy • Lab • Health Promotion

  3. Questions about Student Health? Visit the Resource Fair Tomorrow 12:30pm-2:30pm Representatives from: • General Medicine • Counseling and Psychological Services • Learning Needs & Disability Services • Billing and Medical Records • Aetna – Student Health’s insurance provider Hand in the REQUIRED Pre-Entrance Health Form! (Reminder: August 31st deadline - $100 penalty)

  4. Have you used clickers before? • What’s a clicker? • Yes, but only a couple of times. • For your information, I am a clicker guru.

  5. Virginia Law (Handbook for Parents pg. 75) • Underage alcohol consumption/possession/purchase • Purchasing, giving, providing, or assisting in providing alcohol to person under 21 • Using A fake ID ALL Class 1 misdemeanors • Mandatory minimum $500 fine (max. of $2,500) or 50 hours of community service • Mandatory driver’s license suspension - 6 month minimum, 1 year max. • Possible jail sentence: up to 1 year

  6. www.Gordiescall.org U.Va. student Leslie Baltz (1976-1997)

  7. Is this what college is really like?

  8. When do you think your son/daughter most recently used alcohol? • In the past 30 days • In past 12 months • Never

  9. What % of U.Va. 1st year students typically don’tdrink? (no alcohol in past 30 days) • 5% • 16% • 23% • 37%

  10. U.Va. First-Year Student Alcohol Use *2012 National College Health Assessment

  11. On a typical Saturday night, 3out of 4U.Va. first-years have between 0 - 4 drinks 74%This includes 40% who don’t drink at all. *2010 Health Promotion Survey of U.Va. Undergraduate Students.

  12. Of 100 U.Va. undergraduate students on a Saturday night… 31drinking no alcohol. 33drinking moderately - 1 to 3 drinks over the course of the evening. 19drinking a bit more (4 or 5 drinks). 17drinking heavily- 6 or more 2/3 are at low risk for problems *2010 Health Promotion Survey

  13. What % of first-year students DO NOT smoke cigarettes? • 61% • 70% • 88% • 95%

  14. U.Va. Undergraduate Student Cigarette Use Most students have never used cigarettes * 2012 National College Health Assessment

  15. What % of U.Va. students DO NOT use marijuana? • 65% • 75% • 85% • 95%

  16. U.Va. Undergraduate Student Marijuana Use Most students have never used marijuana *2012 National College Health Assessment

  17. U.Va. undergraduate student abuse of prescription stimulant drugs (i.e., Ritalin, Adderall, etc. that were not prescribed to them or used for purposes other than intended) percent UVA Health Behaviors Survey (2004-2009), Health Promotion Survey, 2010 and National College Health Assessment, 2012

  18. ADHD Medication Tips for Students • If you have a prescription, think about: • Who to tell you have ADHD meds • How to handle requests to give/sell your meds • If you think you need meds to study • Schedule an evaluation for attention difficulties at Student Health’s Learning Needs Evaluation Center

  19. What are the majority doing?

  20. The brain develops at different rates

  21. Compared to older adults, the brains of young adults(under the age of 25) respond differently to alcohol Source: H Scott Swartzwelder, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University. Research supported by NIAAA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  22. Less sensitive to sedative effects

  23. Problem drinking and biology • Family history = 4Xgreater risk • Informed choice

  24. Alcohol abusethat occurs while the brain is still developing, even into the early 20s, may have “profound and long-lasting consequences.”Source: National Institute on Drug Abusehttp://www.nida.nih.gov/scienceofaddiction/addiction.html

  25. Stall Seat Journal

  26. U.Va. Peer Education AADAPTDAPT Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Team ADAPT Student Athlete Mentors (SAM) Hoos Sober listserv of alcohol-free events sympa@virginia.edu Subject line: subscribe hoos-sober Peer Health Educators

  27. Used more than 3,900 times in 2011-2012

  28. Hoos in Recovery An association of over 120 • undergraduate • graduate students • staff • faculty, and • alumni in recovery from alcoholism or addiction who provide a non-judgmental, non-critical, anonymous forum for discussion. September 5 Noon Newcomb Board Room HoosInRecovery@virginia.edu

  29. Your continued role • Students trust you • Initiate conversations • Clear expectations • Avoid scare tactics • Reinforce U.Va. norms • Repeat the message

  30. THANK YOU! Please pass your clickers to the end of the row.

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