title: Alcohol use in students seeking primary care treatment at university health services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  given the high rate of at-risk drinking in college students, the authors examined drinking behaviors and associated factors in students being seen in student health services for primary care visits from October 30, 2004, to February 15, 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  analyses were based on a Health Screening Survey completed by 10,234 college students seeking general medical treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  alcohol use was similar to other studies with 57% (n = 5,840) meeting the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism criteria for at-risk drinking. Twenty-six percent of the students reported smoking at least once in the last 3 months. Risk factors for at-risk drinking included young age, white males, drinking at a fraternity/sorority house, and use of tobacco.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  these findings support the widespread implementation of alcohol screening and intervention in university health services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zakletskaia
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Michael Francis
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult