NCT03704402

Effect of High School Alcohol Policies on Students' Binge Drinking- a Natural Experiment

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 5,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the project is to evaluate the effects of the introduction of new mutual alcohol policies in 30 high schools in 2017 on students binge drinking.

Detailed description

In August 2017, 13 high schools in Zealand and all of Funen's 11 high schools and 6 high schools in Ringkøbing introduced new mutual alcohol policy for alcohol on study trips, parties, cafes and other social events. The background for the introduction of the alcohol policies was the aim of reducing alcohol intake among students and that alcohol should have a less dominant role. By setting the same framework, the alcohol policies aims at promoting community, responsibility and respect. The aim of the project is to evaluate the effects of the introduction of new mutual alcohol policies on students binge drinking. The analysis is a natural experiment that compare binge drinking among students at schools after the introduction of the policy with binge drinking among students a schools that did not introduce the policy.

Conditions

• Alcohol Policy
• Binge Drinking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Alcohol policy	Introduction of new mutual alcohol policy

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-30
• Completion: 2019-04-30
• First posted: 2018-10-12
• Last updated: 2018-10-12