[Prevention of drink driving at academic festivals: «Tú decides» project].
OBJECTIVE
Alcohol consumption among university students has reached worrying levels, its effects on driving being highly dangerous. This aspect emphasizes the need to develop prevention programs, intended to raise subjects' awareness about the effects of alcohol on driving. The aim of the present research is to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention program «Tú decides», implemented at the Algarve University during several students festivals, between 2010-2014.


METHODS
Quasi-experimental study, pre-post test without control group. A total of 5,079 participants were inquired. They were asked, at two different moments, before and after the measurement of the blood alcohol level and giving an information session with technical recommendations to prevent driving under alcohol effects. One factor ANOVA test used, in order to perform a mean comparison, as well as the Chi-square statistics, to perform a proportion comparison (p<.05).


RESULTS
It was found that the intention to drive was lower at the second moment (42.1%) (χ(2)=2078.71; p=.000). This intention was influenced by blood alcohol level different levels (χ(2)=338.252; p=.000), gender (χ(2)=35.718; p=.000), age (χ(2)=62.805; p=.000) and professional situation of the participants (χ(2)=27.397; p=.001).


CONCLUSIONS
We can affirm that the main objective of this intervention was achieved, since the participants followed the technical recommendations based on the blood alcohol level results.
Departamento de Psicología, Universidad del Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Jorge
J
Malveiro
Departamento de Psicología, Universidad del Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Saul Neves
SN
de Jesus
Licenciado em Psicologia, Mestre em Psicologia Social e das Organizações, Investigador do Centro de Investigação sobre o Espaço e as Organizações (CIEO) da Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Joao
J
Viseo
Departamento de Psicología, Universidad del Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Pedro
P
Pechorro
Escuela Superior de Salud, Universidad del Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Eusébio
E
Pacheco
Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España.
Joaquín Salvador
JS
Lima-Rodríguez
Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. Electronic address: mlima@us.es.
Marta
M
Lima-Serrano
D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000066448:Driving Under the Influence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities
Accident prevention; Alcohol drinking; Asunción de riesgo; Consumo de bebidas alcohólicas; Evaluación de programas y proyectos de salud; Health promotion; Prevención de accidentes; Program evaluation; Promoción de la salud; Risk-taking