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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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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
FEE
PAY 10%
OR
$200 PRICE $60 PRICE $60 PRICE $60 PRICE $60
CHANCE COMMUNITY CHEST
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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
CHANCE RUGBY NIGHT
DRINKS 5
0
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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TWO
DRINKS
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
51.5
103.1
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7:30pm 8:30pm 9:30pm
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BrAC
Session time
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!”
COLLOQUIAL BIG
EVENTS!
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TOGA PARTY RUGBY
HGH VS. CRUS CONCERT
PADDY
WAGON
PROCTOR
FEE
PAY 10%
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$200 PRICE $60 PRICE $60 PRICE $60 PRICE $60
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0
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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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
WAGON
PROCTOR
FEE
PAY 10%
OR
$200 PRICE $60 PRICE $60 PRICE $60 PRICE $60
CHANCE COMMUNITY CHEST
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16 37.7 10.8 13.4 36.7 8.9 0
5
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15
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25
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40
Pre-university Week Orientation Week Semester Weekend
EMA
EMA-EMI
TOGA PARTY RUGBY
HGH VS. CRUS CONCERT
PADDY
WAGON
PROCTOR
FEE
PAY 10%
OR
$200 PRICE $60 PRICE $60 PRICE $60 PRICE $60
CHANCE COMMUNITY CHEST
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6.4 15.5 6.8 5.7 9.7 4.3 0
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Pre-university Week Orientation Week Semester Weekend
EMA
EMA-EMI
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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