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标题：Alcohol policies and attitudes toward alcohol prevention at Swedish student unions
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作者：Anna K. Strandberg ; Tobias H. Elgán ; Magnus Jägerskog 等
期刊名称：Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
印刷版ISSN：1455-0725
电子版ISSN：1458-6126
出版年度：2018
卷号：36
期号：1
页码：51-60
DOI：10.1177/1455072518800432
摘要：High alcohol consumption among young adults is of great concern. About half of all young adults in Sweden are university students, and high alcohol consumption is common in this group. This makes student unions a potential arena for alcohol prevention. Little is known about attitudes toward alcohol prevention and to what extent Swedish student unions have written alcohol policies. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether student union representatives consider alcohol to be a problem, their attitudes toward alcohol prevention, the presence of written alcohol policies at student unions, and factors possibly associated with the existence of such policies. During November 2014, student union representatives (n = 95) were invited to participate in a web-based questionnaire; data were obtained from 78 unions. The majority (93%) reported positive attitudes toward alcohol prevention, and many also recognised that alcohol consumption could be a problem (47%). Furthermore, 81% reported having an alcohol policy at their student union. Unions that frequently arranged pubs were more likely to have a policy (OR = 1.9). Many participants recognised that alcohol consumption could be a problem and reported positive attitudes toward alcohol prevention in the student union setting. This, together with the fact that the majority of student unions had written alcohol policies, suggests that the student union setting is a promising arena for alcohol prevention.
关键词：alcohol consumption; alcohol policy; prevention; student unions; students; university