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Substance misuse continues to be a priority on college campuses. According to ACHA?s fall 2022?National College Health Assessment, 70% of students have used alcoholic beverages and 38% have used cannabis. These rates are comparable to the data from ACHA?s?fall 2021 NCHA report. While the numbers haven?t increased drastically, substance misuse remains a consistent concern among college administrators.
Universities continue to grapple with high-risk alcohol use, including students experiencing negative consequences from their drinking behaviors. It is critical to include substance misuse prevention work in the overall context of campus well-being by using a systems and settings approach to address this issue.
"These [sustainable] structures can be incredibly helpful to broaden the lens of this work, identify root causes and social determinants, implement strategies to address the issue, and evaluate overall outcomes on a consistent basis.
There are three components of a community of practice that are helpful when creating such a structure..."
~Julie Edwards
Julie Edwards is Director of the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives where she and her team advance campus well-being through institutional leadership, education, research, and public engagement. Prior to Cornell, Julie served as the Director of Health Promotion at the University of Chicago where she led campus well-being initiatives. Julie also served as the Director of Community Health Strategy for Presence Health and has extensive experience working with counties to conduct community health needs assessments, identify community priorities, develop systems-wide strategies, and evaluate the effectiveness of those initiatives. Julie currently serves as Secretary of the U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network, Co-Chair of ACHA?s Campus COVID-19 Vaccination and Mitigation Initiative Steering Committee, member of ACHA?s Healthy Campus Leadership Team, member of ACHA?s COVID-19 Task Force, Immediate Past Co-Chair of NASPA?s Well-being and Health Promotion Leadership Planning Committee, and Past Chair of the Health Promotion Section for ACHA. Visit the Campus Drug Prevention website to read Julie's article, or browse others like it.?
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CampusDrugPrevention.gov?is a United States Government,?Drug?Enforcement Administration (DEA) website. The inclusion of a link on this website does not constitute an official endorsement, guarantee, or approval by DEA.
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