Efficacy Data

Additional Research Findings: Download Dr. Wall's Study from the NASPA Journal (PDF, 226 KB) Download Dr. Wall's "Ask The Expert" teleconference (WMA, streaming) Does Population-Level Prevention® Work? (PDF, 67 KB) How Do Greek Organizations Fare with Population-Level Prevention? (PDF, 71 KB) Treated versus Untreated Students (PDF, 101 KB) The College Effect (PDF, 108 KB)

The AlcoholEdu® surveys have allowed Outside The Classroom to develop what is now the world's largest evaluative database on college alcohol attitudes and behaviors. Our data also demonstrates the efficacy of our AlcoholEdu programs. To read our research reports, click on the links below.

Outside The Classroom is pleased to announce that the peer review process for the first independent evaluation of AlcoholEdu for College is complete. Dr. Andrew Wall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign completed his study, which was a rigorous evaluation of AlcoholEdu showing that students who completed AlcoholEdu experienced a 50% reduction in negative academic and personal consequences.

Dr. Wall recently presented his findings during an "Ask The Expert" teleconference. To hear an audio recording of the teleconference, click here. (WMA, streaming)

Dr. Wall's study was also recently published in the NASPA Journal¹, stating:

Building on the promise of interactive, multimedia education, this evaluation study examines an alcohol abuse prevention program, AlcoholEdu, delivered through an interactive Web-based format for the purpose of reducing the harm associated with student alcohol abuse. The study uses a clustered, randomly assigned post-test only evaluation design with 20,150 individuals to examine differences between individuals who have and have not yet received the educational program. Analyses examined the efficacy of the intervention among different groups of students: those who are members of Greek letter organizations, those referred because of judicial sanctions, or those entering their first year of study. Findings hint toward evidence that interactive health-related Web tools can contribute to preventing high-risk student health behaviors in the campus environment, with self-reported evidence suggesting implementation among first-year students to be the most promising.

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¹Wall, A. F. (2007). Evaluating a Health Education Website: The Case of AlcoholEdu. NASPA Journal, 44(4), Art. 4. Retrieved April 08, 2008, from http://publications.naspa.org/naspajournal/vol44/iss4/art4