Assessment Details
Academic Year: 2020-2021 Level: Undergraduate
Campus Department: Student Affairs [UG and Grad]
Program Type: Co-Curricular Program [UG and Grad]
Program Name: Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS)
Description of Data Collection:
BASICS was assessed in 2018-2019. 197 students completed BASICS during the academic year and students were emailed to complete post-surveys on-line through Campus Labs. 34 BASICS participants completed the post-survey and responses are listed below. Survey results measured the following; engagement in high-risk drinking behaviors (such as not setting a drinking limit, pre-gaming, consuming shots, playing drinking games); alcohol-related negative consequences (such as feeling guilt or remorse after drinking, blacking out, getting physically sick due to drinking.
Review Process:
During the 2018-2019 academic year, data was collected and captured via Campus Labs and the Assistant Director of OHP/ADE and staff collected and analyzed the data. An assessment report with recommendations was written in the summer of 2019.
Resulting Program Changes:
Results from the 2018-2019 survey indicated the following: 197 students completed the BASICS program. 34 students (n=34) completed the post-survey evaluating the learning outcomes of the BASICS program. Of these 34 students, 41% of students felt BASICS gave them an opportunity to reflect on their alcohol use or non-use “A great deal,” 44% “Considerably,” and 15% “Moderately.” Alcohol-related consequences that students reported had reduced included: “Vomited from too much alcohol” (50% selected), “Felt out of control while drinking” (41% selected), “Regretted something you said/did while intoxicated (38% selected), and “Been unable to remember the night before because you had been drinking” (35% selected). 41% of students reported that participating in the BASICS program has helped reduce negative consequences associated with their drinking “Moderately,” 38% “Considerably,” 15% “A great deal,” 3% “Not very much,” and 35% “Not at all.” Students showed an increase in their utilization of low-risk drinking strategies, including reducing the number of drinks they consume on a typical occasion, keeping track of how much they drink by counting standard drinks, spacing drinks over time, reducing how often they drink, and experimenting with drinking less and refusing drinks. Finally, as a result of completing BASICS, 18% of respondents see no need to change the way they drink, 38% are thinking about drinking in a healthier and safer way, and 44% are ready to try drinking alcohol in a healthier and safer way. The Alcohol and Drug Education Program conducted evaluations on all of their programs in 2018-2019. Prior to this, the BASICS program was assessed in 2016-2017. Given the body of research on the efficacy of this intervention nationally and the results of this study at BC, the BASICS program will remain the same. Note: BASICS was conducted in a virtual format in 2020-2021 due to COVID-19. Further assessment will be conducted to determine the efficacy of the program given these changes.
Date of Most Recent Program Review:
Results from the 2018-2019 survey indicated the following: 197 students completed the BASICS program. 34 students (n=34) completed the post-survey evaluating the learning outcomes of the BASICS program. Of these 34 students, 41% of students felt BASICS gave them an opportunity to reflect on their alcohol use or non-use “A great deal,” 44% “Considerably,” and 15% “Moderately.” Alcohol-related consequences that students reported had reduced included: “Vomited from too much alcohol” (50% selected), “Felt out of control while drinking” (41% selected), “Regretted something you said/did while intoxicated (38% selected), and “Been unable to remember the night before because you had been drinking” (35% selected). 41% of students reported that participating in the BASICS program has helped reduce negative consequences associated with their drinking “Moderately,” 38% “Considerably,” 15% “A great deal,” 3% “Not very much,” and 35% “Not at all.” Students showed an increase in their utilization of low-risk drinking strategies, including reducing the number of drinks they consume on a typical occasion, keeping track of how much they drink by counting standard drinks, spacing drinks over time, reducing how often they drink, and experimenting with drinking less and refusing drinks. Finally, as a result of completing BASICS, 18% of respondents see no need to change the way they drink, 38% are thinking about drinking in a healthier and safer way, and 44% are ready to try drinking alcohol in a healthier and safer way. The Alcohol and Drug Education Program conducted evaluations on all of their programs in 2018-2019. Prior to this, the BASICS program was assessed in 2016-2017. Given the body of research on the efficacy of this intervention nationally and the results of this study at BC, the BASICS program will remain the same. Note: BASICS was conducted in a virtual format in 2020-2021 due to COVID-19. Further assessment will be conducted to determine the efficacy of the program given these changes.
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