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The state sets the rate: The relationship among state-specific college binge drinking, state binge drinking rates, and selected state alcohol control policies

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  • Nelson, T.F.
  • Naimi, T.S.
  • Brewer, R.D.
  • Wechsler, H.

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Objectives. We assessed the relationship between college binge drinking, binge drinking in the general population, and selected alcohol control policies. Methods. We analyzed binge drinking rates from 2 national surveys, the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Binge drinking data were linked to a summary measure of 7 salient alcohol control policies and a rating of resources devoted to law enforcement. Results. State-level college and adult binge drinking rates were strongly correlated (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.43; P

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  • Nelson, T.F. & Naimi, T.S. & Brewer, R.D. & Wechsler, H., 2005. "The state sets the rate: The relationship among state-specific college binge drinking, state binge drinking rates, and selected state alcohol control policies," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(3), pages 441-446.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2004.043810_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.043810
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    1. Gerhard Gmel & Vigeli Venzin & Katrin Marmet & George Danko & Florian Labhart, 2012. "A quasi-randomized group trial of a brief alcohol intervention on risky single occasion drinking among secondary school students," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 57(6), pages 935-944, December.
    2. Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe & Christina C. Tam & Won Kim Cook & Thomas K. Greenfield & Sarah C.M. Roberts, 2019. "Gender Equality, Drinking Cultures and Second-Hand Harms from Alcohol in the 50 US States," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(23), pages 1-16, November.
    3. William C. Kerr, 2010. "Categorizing US State Drinking Practices and Consumption Trends," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-15, January.
    4. Jon Nelson, 2015. "Binge drinking and alcohol prices: a systematic review of age-related results from econometric studies, natural experiments and field studies," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 5(1), pages 1-13, December.
    5. Davison, Colleen M. & Ford, Catherine S. & Peters, Paul A. & Hawe, Penelope, 2011. "Community-driven alcohol policy in Canada's northern territories 1970-2008," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 102(1), pages 34-40, September.

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