Today, institutions of higher education are faced with increasing pressures to maintain or ex pand service and academic programs amidst shrinking resources. The national health objec tives can serve as a tool for deciding how current and future resources can be effectively allocated. Reduce the proportion of college students engaging in binge of alcoholic beverages during the past 2 weeks to no more than 20 percent of college students. Emphasis on Prevention - a New Paradigm Strategies suggested in Healthy People 2000 extend beyond traditional interventions of di agnosis, treatment and health care at clinical levels. Issues such as eating and drinking behavior, exercise, opportunities for health promotion and age-appropriate health screening, provision of timely health information on risk factors, avail ability of safe environments, and exposure to hazardous substances all fall within a paradigm of health that emphasizes primary and second ary prevention strategies.
New paradigms reflect a broader systems ap proach.
Communities, schools, worksites and health care services can employ a variety of preventive interventions in response to public and personal health problems. Many sectors of a campus community have resources that can be applied towards prevention strategies. Strategies will vary for each institution. However, such a commitment challenges all students, faculty and staff to embrace promotion of health on a personal, professional, and social level. Each member of the institution plays a role in fulfilling this commitment.