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| Toben F NelsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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Sports betting and other gambling in athletes, fans, and other college studentsToben F Nelson
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55454, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 78:271-83. 2007..Athletes, sports fans, and students attending schools with high "sports interest" are appropriate targets for prevention efforts...- Student drinking at U.S. college sports eventsToben F Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Subst Use Misuse 45:1861-73. 2010..Future research should evaluate whether enacting policy restrictions can reduce drinking and related problems at intercollegiate sports events... - Alcohol control policies and practices at professional sports stadiumsKathleen M Lenk
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Public Health Rep 125:665-73. 2010..An important strategy to reduce such problems may be the use of alcohol control policies at sports stadiums. The objective of this study was to examine alcohol control policies and practices at professional sports stadiums in the U.S... - Enforcing alcohol policies on college campuses: reports from college enforcement officialsTraci L Toomey
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
J Drug Educ 41:327-44. 2011..Large colleges and public colleges tended to report greater enforcement levels. While many campuses report proactive alcohol enforcement, several areas of improvement in alcohol enforcement at colleges are indicated... - Implementation of NIAAA College Drinking Task Force recommendations: how are colleges doing 6 years later?Toben F Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:1687-93. 2010.... - Alcohol policies and practices among four-year colleges in the United States: prevalence and patternsKathleen M Lenk
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:361-7. 2012..J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 73, 361-367, 2012)... - Do youth sports prevent pediatric obesity? A systematic review and commentaryToben F Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Curr Sports Med Rep 10:360-70. 2011..Additional research may foster understanding about how sport, and youth sport settings, can help promote energy balance and healthy body weight... - Sport participation during adolescence and suicide ideation and attemptsLindsay A Taliaferro
Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Int J Adolesc Med Health 23:3-10. 2011..Most research regarding sport participation and suicide risk found protective relationships. However, all studies in this area were based on cross-sectional designs... - Screening for alcohol problems among 4-year colleges and universitiesKen C Winters
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
J Am Coll Health 59:350-7. 2011..To assess the use of alcohol screening tools across US colleges... - Persistence of heavy drinking and ensuing consequences at heavy drinking collegesToben F Nelson
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:726-34. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine drinking levels, related harms, and secondhand effects of alcohol use at heavy drinking colleges between 1993 and 2005 at colleges with high levels of drinking in 1993... - Vigorous physical activity among college students in the United StatesToben F Nelson
University of Minnesota Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, 1300 S Second St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Phys Act Health 4:495-508. 2007..Vigorous physical activity (VPA) declines from adolescence into adulthood, and social disparities in VPA exist. Physical activity is understudied in the college setting... - Adopting local alcohol policies: a case study of community efforts to regulate malt liquor salesPatricia A McKee
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455 1015, USA
Am J Health Promot 26:e86-94. 2012..To learn how the local context may affect a city's ability to regulate alcohol products such as high-alcohol-content malt liquor, a beverage associated with heavy drinking and a spectrum of nuisance crimes in urban areas... - State but not district nutrition policies are associated with less junk food in vending machines and school stores in US public schoolsMartha Y Kubik
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 110:1043-8. 2010.... - Effects of policies to restrict malt liquor sales on neighborhood crimeElizabeth Barajas
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Subst Use Misuse 46:1234-43. 2011..Limitations and implications of our study are discussed, and further research suggested. The study was funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... - The age-21 minimum legal drinking age: a case study linking past and current debatesTraci L Toomey
The University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Addiction 104:1958-65. 2009..A new movement has arisen to again lower the MLDA in the U.S. Aim The aim is to discuss this current MLDA debate within the context of the long history of the U.S. MLDA... - Underage college students' drinking behavior, access to alcohol, and the influence of deterrence policies. Findings from the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol StudyHenry Wechsler
Department of Health and Social Behavior at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, USA
J Am Coll Health 50:223-36. 2002..A majority of underage students supported increasing efforts to control underage drinking. The results suggest that additional policy efforts to control underage drinking may be effective and feasible... - School spirits: alcohol and collegiate sports fansToben F Nelson
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior, 401 Perk Drive, PO Box 15678, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Addict Behav 28:1-11. 2003..The percentage of sports fans at a school was associated with binge drinking rates and the secondhand effects. The implications for those working with college athletics and for alcohol prevention personnel are discussed... - Reducing drinking and related harms in college: evaluation of the "A Matter of Degree" programElissa R Weitzman
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:187-96. 2004..To examine the effects of a multisite environmental prevention initiative, the "A Matter of Degree" (AMOD) program, on student heavy alcohol consumption and resultant harms at ten colleges... - Disparities in overweight and obesity among US college studentsToben F Nelson
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:363-73. 2007..To examine social disparities and behavioral correlates of overweight and obesity over time among college students... - College student binge drinking and the "prevention paradox": implications for prevention and harm reductionElissa R Weitzman
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Drug Educ 34:247-65. 2004..Implications for prevention policy, programming, and media advocacy are discussed... - The state sets the rate: the relationship among state-specific college binge drinking, state binge drinking rates, and selected state alcohol control policiesToben F Nelson
Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, Rm 445 B, 401 Park Dr, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Public Health 95:441-6. 2005..We assessed the relationship between college binge drinking, binge drinking in the general population, and selected alcohol control policies... - Relationship between level of consumption and harms in assessing drink cut-points for alcohol research: Commentary on "Many college freshmen drink at levels far beyond the binge threshold" by white et AlHenry Wechsler
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:922-7. 2006.... - Trends in non-medical use of anabolic steroids by U.S. college students: results from four national surveysSean Esteban McCabe
The University of Michigan, Substance Abuse Research Center, 2025 Traverwood Dr, Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 2194, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 90:243-51. 2007..The characteristics associated with NMAS have important implications for future practice and research... - Trends in college binge drinking during a period of increased prevention efforts. Findings from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study surveys: 1993-2001Henry Wechsler
Department of Health and Social Behavior at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Am Coll Health 50:203-17. 2002..Other significant changes included increases in immoderate drinking and harm among drinkers. More students lived in substance-free housing and encountered college educational efforts and sanctions resulting from their alcohol use... - The effect of a campus-community environmental alcohol prevention initiative on student drinking and driving: results from the "a matter of degree" program evaluationToben F Nelson
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Traffic Inj Prev 6:323-30. 2005..This study evaluates the effect on drinking and driving outcomes of the "A Matter of Degree" program, a campus-community coalition initiative to reduce college binge drinking... - Drinking and driving among college students: the influence of alcohol-control policiesHenry Wechsler
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:212-8. 2003..However, most studies have been conducted in single colleges or states. This study used a national sample to examine policy factors associated with alcohol-involved driving... - What we have learned from the Harvard School Of Public Health College Alcohol Study: focusing attention on college student alcohol consumption and the environmental conditions that promote itHenry Wechsler
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:481-90. 2008..In particular, the roles of campus culture, alcohol control policies, enforcement of policies, access, availability, pricing, marketing, and special promotions of alcohol are highlighted... - Taking up binge drinking in college: the influences of person, social group, and environmentElissa R Weitzman
Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Adolesc Health 32:26-35. 2003..To identify person, social group, and environmental factors associated with uptake of binge drinking among a national sample of college students... - Comparing web and mail responses in a mixed mode survey in college alcohol use researchSean Esteban McCabe
Substance Abuse Research Center, The University of Michigan, 2025 Traverwood, Suite C, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 2194, USA
Addict Behav 31:1619-27. 2006..This exploratory study examined potential mode effects (web versus U.S. mail) in a mixed mode design survey of alcohol use at eight U.S. colleges...