Final Evaluation Report
B. RESPONSIBLE PARTY IMPACT General perception: The majority of the students considered the RP program as a useful prevention program (46.0% of participants strongly agreed and 42.8% agreed some) o In particular, the program appears efficient: to raise awareness about alcohol consumption (52.6% of the participants strongly agreed) to reduce the harmful effects of alcohol consumption (39.6% of participants strongly agreed and 44.3% agreed some).
Specific impact of RP during the party: A slight decrease of alcohol consumption during the RP events was reported by students, suggesting an encouraging impact of the prevention messages transmitted by the RP program. o Students reported a modification of their alcohol-related behaviors (by drinking more water, for example; 61.4% of participants). o The majority of participants slightly decreased their alcohol consumption during the party (41.4% of participants, while 37.7% did not decrease it). o Students reported that distribution of water was most often accompanied by a responsible drinking message (74.5% of time), considered as clear and useful by the majority. o Among students who drank alcohol, we observed a global decrease of both AUDIT and Binge Drinking scores between the beginning and end of the academic year. Conversely, the average consumption was larger at the end of the year (i.e. 2.95 units/doses per occasion). The decrease of BD score seems more important for the students who did participate to the RP, suggesting a possible positive effect specifically on the BD Score. No significant difference was observed for the other alcohol consumption variables.
Main conclusions & Recommendations GOALS OF THE PROGRAM: o o
RP is positively perceived by students and reaches the two defined program aims, namely raising awareness and harm reduction These two goals have to be maintained. RP is related to short-term alcohol consumption decrease (i.e. during the party) This should be considered as a supplementary/complementary aim of the program and should be evaluated in the future. To evaluate the efficiency and feasibility of this third objective, future evaluation should directly measure this probable decrease by comparing for example alcohol sales for RP and non-RP events, beyond self-reported measures reported in the present evaluation.
TARGETED POPULATION: o Exchange students are an adapted target population for RP, as they are particularly exposed to excessive alcohol consumption The collaboration with ESN seems highly relevant and has to be maintained and encouraged in the future.
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