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Prevention Paradox The relationship between heavier individual alcohol consumption and harm is very stable over time and across different groups of college students. However, at a community level , students who drink at the 5/4 level and below do pose a major public health problem at colleges because:
In fact, many more students report they were hurt or injured at lower, rather than higher, levels of consumption. This is
known as the Prevention Paradox - the heaviest drinkers (those at "high
risk") account for only a small percentage of the overall alcohol-related
harms in a community. The majority of harms at the community level occur
among drinkers consuming at a less extreme level associated with a lower,
but non-zero level of risk (Weitzman and Nelson, 2004). |
PartySafe@Cal
is a program of University Health Services in collaboration with other campus
and community organizations.
The mission is to reduce harm associated with
drinking in the campus area.
To volunteer or for more information call 510-642-7202
or email hp@uhs.berkeley.edu.
