title: Screening for alcohol problems among 4-year colleges and universities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the use of alcohol screening tools across US colleges.
  
  
  METHODS
  Directors of health services at 333 four-year colleges.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online survey was conducted regarding the use of alcohol screening tools. Schools reporting use of formal tools were further described in terms of 4 tools (AUDIT, CUGE, CAPS, and RAPS) that the authors judged to be the most favorable based on prior empirical comparative studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-four percent of colleges reported use of at least 1 formal alcohol screening tool and nearly all of these used a tool appropriate for college students. However, less than half of the 44% of colleges that used a screening tool used 1 of the 4 most favorable tools.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Continued efforts are needed to encourage colleges to use the most effective available screening tools to identify alcohol-related problems that require intervention among students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. winte001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Ken C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: Traci
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toomey
authors.forename: Toben F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Darin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lenk
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miazga
mesh_terms: D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities