Integrative Alcohol and Risky Sex Feedback for College Students

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Conditions studied: Alcohol Drinking in College, Sexual Behavior

In brief

Alcohol misuse and related risky sexual behaviors are significant health concerns for college students. Two-thirds of students are current drinkers, at least 1 in 3 report past month heavy episodic drinking (5+ drinks in a row), and 1 in 10 report high intensity drinking (10+ drinks in a row). Increased student alcohol use and heavy drinking are linked to increased sexual activity and related risky behaviors (e.g., unprotected sex, sex with casual partners). This puts students at risk for negative health outcomes (e.g., STIs - sexually transmitted infections) and is also a pathway to sexual victimization and escalated drinking. The first few weeks of college, known as the 'red zone,' provide an opportunity to intervene at time when these behaviors increase. However, most prevention programs for college students tend to focus on student alcohol use and have little to no integration of content on the relationship between alcohol use and risky sexual behaviors. This is an important gap in the literature and a priority area for NIAAA. The research team established the short-term efficacy of a personalized feedback intervention (PFI), a gold standard intervention approach, with integrated content on alcohol and risky sexual behaviors. In this study, we propose to extend our integrated PFI to include a cross-tailored dynamic feedback (CDF) component. The CDF component will use technology to incorporate daily assessments of student behavior and provide students with dynamic weekly feedback over 12 weeks. The goal is to increase the effectiveness of the integrated PFI and to create a program that is easily implemented on college campuses.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05011903

Run by

Anne E Ray

People needed

600

Starts

2026-07-01

Expected to finish

2027-01-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• status as first-year college student at University of Kentucky or UNT-Denton
• 18-20 years old

You may not qualify if…

• the inability or unwillingness to give informed, voluntary consent to participate
• not meeting inclusion criteria
• currently in treatment to reduce alcohol or other substance use
• pregnant or planning to become pregnant

Where it is running

• University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky, United States
• University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth — Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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