Selected Articles and Documents from the

La Crosse Drug Prevention Program Analysis Project

Andris Ziemelis, Ed.D., Project Director

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Table of Contents

1. Combatting Substance Abuse in Higher Education: Prevention Efforts, Evidence, and Promising 

Directions

This article provides historical background regarding FIPSE sponsored Institution-Wide Drug Prevention 

Programs in Higher Education, and describes activities and findings from the first FIPSE sponsored analysis 

project completed at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

2. Methodological Considerations in Content Analysis of Drug Prevention Program Activities from the 1990-

93 Institution-Wide Cohorts

This article summarizes methods and procedures used by the La Crosse Drug Prevention Program Analysis 

Project in analysis of FIPSE sponsored Institution-Wide Drug Prevention Programs in Higher Education.

3. Analysis of the 1990 and 1991 Institution-Wide Cohorts: Most Salient Findings and Recommendations

This article summarizes findings from the second FIPSE sponsored analysis grant project completed at the 

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. It includes recommendations for subsequent analyses and for programs.

4. Prevention Themes and Theme Elements Used in Analysis of FIPSE-Sponsored Institution-Wide Drug 

Prevention Programs in Higher Education

This document describes the inductively-derived prevention themes and theme elements that captured most 

activities reported by FIPSE-sponsored Institution-Wide Drug Prevention Programs in Higher Education.

5. Outcomes Assessed by the La Crosse Drug Prevention Program Analysis Project

This document lists the program viability and Core Survey outcomes assessed for FIPSE-sponsored InstitutionWide Drug Prevention Programs in Higher Education.

6. Drug Prevention in Higher Education: Common Characteristics of Successful Programs

Based upon work completed during the third analysis grant project, this article discusses prevention themes and 

theme elements that correlated most significantly and consistently with assessments of institution-wide program 

viability.

7. Analysis of Drug Prevention in Higher Education: Current Status and Most Promising Directions

This article focuses on the importance of student involvement/empowerment for drug prevention programs in

higher education. Conclusions drawn are based on correlation of prevention themes and theme elements with 

program viability, substance use, and use-related variables.

8. Drug Prevention in Higher Education: Most Salient Outcomes of Institution-Wide Programs

This article summarizes program outcomes from four cohorts of Institution-Wide Drug Prevention Programs in 

Higher Education. Discussed are longitudinal changes in substance use and use-related variables, program 

viability indicators, and program activity correlates of program outcomes.
9. Core Survey Outcomes for the 1992 and 1993 Cohorts of FIPSE-Sponsored Institution-Wide Drug 

Prevention Programs in Higher Education

This article shows how FIPSE-sponsored drug prevention programs have experienced greater success in 

addressing the problem of alcohol use than illicit drug use. The article also recommends comparative analyses of 

prevention strategies such as banning and deglamorizing substance use.

10. Prevention Program Factors and Elements Underlying Decreases in Binge Drinking at Institutions of 

Higher Education

This article describes how variation in binge drinking over time is explained by certain prevention factors and their 

corresponding prevention elements. Schools where binge drinking decreased over time relied more on student 

participation and involvement strategies, educational and informational strategies, and regulatory strategies than 

schools where binge drinking increased.