title: Effectiveness of the Brief Alcohol and Screening Intervention for College Students (BASICS) program with a mandated population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated the effectiveness of a large-scale intervention designed to reduce alcohol abuse among adjudicated college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were college students mandated to attend a Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) program and a randomly selected comparison group of high-risk drinkers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from January 2006 through December 2008. A total of 1,390 (67%) students in the intervention group and 508 (61%) students in the comparison group completed baseline and 6-month follow-up surveys.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Male students in the intervention group significantly decreased their drinking at follow-up, whereas those in the comparison group increased their drinking. Women in both the intervention and comparison groups decreased their drinking at 6 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When implemented with fidelity, BASICS is a generally effective intervention, especially for male adjudicated college students. The intervention was most effective for moderate- and high-risk drinkers.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Gloria T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: DiFulvio
authors.forename: Sally A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Linowski
authors.forename: Janet S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mazziotti
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Puleo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000628:therapy*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult