An exploratory cluster randomised trial of a university halls of residence based social norms marketing campaign to reduce alcohol consumption among 1st year students

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Moore, Graham F ^a   Williams, Annie ^a   Moore, Laurence ^a   Murphy, Simon ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876182987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-8-15     Document Type: Article

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