During the Event-Specific Pregame: A text message intervention to reduce new students’ alcohol use during Orientation Week.

Riordan, B. C., Conner, T. S., Carey, K. B., Flett, J. A. M., & Scarf, D

More alcohol on Pre-Gaming nights

University students Pre-gamed in the past 3 months.

More harm on Pre-Gaming nights

23.8% VS. 13.9%

7.1 VS. 4.2

62% VS. 80%

Haas et al. (2013); Labhart et al. (2013)

TOGA PARTY RUGBY

HGH VS. CRUS SPORTS DAY

PADDY

WAGON

PROCTOR

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Of new students choose to drink

Academic year VS. O’Week harms

Standard drinks across the week

19-26

85%

1 VS. 5

Riordan et al. (2015a; 2015b; 2016)

CONCERT CONCERT CONVOCATION

TOGA

PARTY

COMEDY

NIGHT

DRINKS 6 DRINKS 6 DRINKS 2 DRINKS 6

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Students establish a pattern of alcohol use during Orientation Week.

Myrtveit et al. (2016); Riordan et al. (2015a)

Investigate the degree to which

students pre-game before O’Week

events

AIM BREATH TEST

ug/L

Working in teams we intercepted students

outside O’Week events.

INTERCEPT First Year

81.4%

Consumed alcohol before the event

Self reported intoxication

Drinks were consumed on average before the events

6.9

88.6%

4.3

Riordan et al. (in review)

188.2 307.8 481.9

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LIMIT PRE-GAMING TIME

Can we reduce drinking during Orientation Week by aiming at the Pre-Game?

Work around Orientation Week schedule Allow us to intervene during/close to a drinking session First year students are predictable during O’Week Stop the flow-on?

“DON’T BE A DICK!”

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Can we reduce alcohol use during

O’Week and beyond by aiming at the

O’Week Pregame

AIM O’WEEK

2 TXTS

We tracked participants during

O’Week and the academic year via

text.

TRACKING First Year

100%

TOGA PARTY RUGBY

HGH VS. CRUS CONCERT

PADDY

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16 37.7 10.8 13.4 36.7 8.9 0

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Pre-university Week Orientation Week Semester Weekend

EMA

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TOGA PARTY RUGBY

HGH VS. CRUS CONCERT

PADDY

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During the Event-Specific Pregame: A text message intervention to reduce new students’ alcohol use during Orientation Week.

Riordan, B. C., Conner, T. S., Carey, K. B., Flett, J. A. M., & Scarf, D

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