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Barriers to Implementing Evidence-Based Approaches:
Identifying and Overcoming Challenges
Jason R. Kilmer, Ph.D.
March 21, 2007, 1:00-2:00 pm ET
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Alcohol use by college students remains an important liability and risk management issue on college and university campuses. Fortunately, studies of the use of brief interventions (and other prevention efforts) have shown an impact on reducing use and related consequences, and many other strategies have been identified as having logical or theoretical promise. However, as schools attempt to effectively respond to the needs of their students, a number of barriers to implementing these efforts can surface. In this presentation, barriers related to adopting, implementing, and establishing evidence-based approaches will be identified. Possible administrative issues, unintended repercussions of policy, and factors related to assessment on campus will also be reviewed. Following this review, potential solutions for responding to these barriers will be suggested and discussed.
About Jason Kilmer
Dr. Jason Kilmer received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington in 1997. Since the fall of 1999, he has been working in the Counseling Center at The Evergreen State College as the school's Addictive Behaviors Specialist, and teaches as an adjunct member of the faculty. As an investigator on several studies evaluating prevention and intervention efforts for alcohol and drug use by college students, Dr. Kilmer continues his 17-year affiliation with the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington. Dr. Kilmer also works as the Substance Abuse Prevention Program Coordinator for Saint Martin's University. Dr. Kilmer was the 2004 recipient of the Outstanding Mid-Level professional award for Region V of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). He has provided several hundred prevention programs about substance use to college groups including fraternity and sorority members, sanctioned students, student athletes, residence hall members, and first-year college students.
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