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December 18, 2009 | Report
A Case Study of how the College Alcohol Study, A Matter of Degree, and Reducing Underage Drinking Through Coalitions Built Community Coalitions in Response to Adolescent and College Student Alcohol Use.
National Program
Reducing student high-risk drinking on campus and in the surrounding community.
March 23, 2009 | Program Result Report
RWJF staff, in partnership with researchers at the American Medical Association (AMA), designed A Matter of Degree to reduce binge drinking among college students through an environmental approach.
March 23, 2009 | Program Result Report
Owners of the regional distributorship of Anheuser-Busch, which dominates the beer industry in Florida, undermined the university's A Matter of Degree project. This sidebar describes how Anheuser-Busch did this and the impact on the project.
March 23, 2009 | Program Result Report
This sidebar describes criticism the program received as a result of not working with the alcohol industry and focusing on the health impacts of alcohol.
March 31, 2011 | Program Result Report
Progress and lessons learned from two programs that seek to advance the impact digital games can have on health.
January 1, 2010 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Lee Green, a California-based freelance writer and journalist, tells the story of the College Alcohol Study and of Henry Wechsler, the Harvard researcher who developed and conducted the series of surveys that make up the College Alcohol Study.
July 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The college setting presents an important opportunity for health promotion during a critical developmental stage for weight gain. This study is the first to examine prevalence, trends and social disparities in overweight, obesity and class II obesit ...
October 22, 2009 | Story
Alabama program brings preventive vision care to economically-disadvantaged toddlers.
January 1, 2005 | Book
This chapter looks in detail at the history and rationale of two RWJF programs: A Matter of Degree: Reducing High-Risk Drinking Among College Students and Reducing Underage Drinking through Coalitions.