title: Change IS Possible: Reducing High-Risk Drinking Using a Collaborative Improvement Model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the adoption of public health and improvement methodologies to address college students' high-risk drinking behaviors and to aid in prevention efforts.
  
  
  METHODS
  Members of 32 colleges and universities, content experts, and staff members of the National College Health Improvement Program (NCHIP).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 2-year learning collaborative developed by NCHIP trained individuals from 32 different college and universities in using the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle as a method to create and implement initiatives aimed at reducing students' high-risk drinking behaviors and related harms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants experienced success ranging from noteworthy increases in type and amount of interventions directed at reducing high-risk drinking, to creating collaboratives across campus, the local community, and stakeholders. Challenges related to data collection and creating lasting cultural change remain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of quality improvement methodologies and creation of a national collaborative successfully effected meaningful change in high-risk drinking behaviors on college campuses.
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Lanter
authors.forename: Kristina B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Lisa C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Ellyn M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ercolano
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kilmer
authors.forename: Lloyd
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Provost
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012306:Risk; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Plan–Do–Study–Act (PDSA); high-risk drinking; learning collaborative; measurement; model for improvement