Tennessee Highway Safety Office CHASCo Projects 2019-2020

Tennessee Highway Safety Office CHASCo Projects 2019-2020
                                   Bethel University: BU RYDE in Spring 2020

Prevention Services and the CHASCo Student Liaison led an Alcohol Knowledge Awareness Campaign in the Spring of
2020. They drove a golf cart around campus and picked students up to take them to their destinations on campus. While
in transit, they asked students trivia questions involving alcohol awareness and social norms. At the end, students
received Chick-fil-A vouchers, chips, Capri Suns, and alcohol awareness information for their participation.

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Austin Peay State University: Art Therapy in the Bowl
APSU Health and Counseling partnered with Student Life & Engagement to offer a program during Welcome
Back Week in Fall 2020. The program was an Art Therapy event in the APSU plaza. Students were given paint
supplies, a canvas, and could enjoy the outdoors through art. Substance use, and mental health related
information and resources were given to those who attended.

Austin Peay State University- Second Project
APSU Student Wellness and Prevention hosted a Safe Spring Break Initiative Impact Panel Event that focused
on the topic areas of distracted driving and risk reduction. This event took place on Tuesday, March 3rd from
4:30 - 7:00 pm in partnership with APSU Fraternity & Sorority Affairs, and the Clarksville-Montgomery County
 Traffic Safety Task Force. This event was open to the entire student population and featured three speakers
  who shared different perspectives to the dangers of distracted driving. One from personal experience as a
    victim of distracted driving/substance use, another as a law enforcement officer and finally as a health
  educator and prevention specialist. Food and educational materials were provided to those in attendance.
                             Columbia State Community College: Zoom Presentation
The project was a presentation that was delivered via Zoom and recorded. The student started with a chemical
    demonstration of alcohol and how it affects your brain- focusing on the cerebellum. Then the campus
    counselor presented on social norms and campus resources for substance use, and finally there was a
   demonstration on how to pour proper alcohol sizes. Once a student viewed the presentation, they were
                               mailed a voucher for Chick Filet and a BAC card.

Here is a link to the full presentation

University of Memphis: Putting Prevention in the Students Hands
   Given our recent changes in community regarding social distancing, we are unable to hold planned events
  during the Fall. We respect the needs of our students and we want to still be able to show care, even from a
 distance. Our focus for this year's campaign is putting the prevention in the students’ hands. With Lyft codes
 available on the first week back to school, water bottles with social norms messaging, and USBs (loaded with
information about safe driving) located in each residence hall, we strive to set our students up for success with
                       the tools and information to make the best out of challenging times.

Middle TN State University: Mazed & Confused (Carryover from 2019 Cohort)
        From March 2-6, MTSU Health Promotion sponsored the “Mazed and Confused: Spring Break Safety
Decision Quest.” This program was an activity given to students to complete before they ventured off to spring
break for a week. Students were presented with hypothetical choices regarding a spring break experience and
the decisions that could potentially happen to them. Our goal was to incorporate ideas and activities that could
potentially happen to a student on spring break, for example, deciding whether to go to Panama City Beach or
binge watch a streaming service. Each decision led students to another on-campus destination marked by a
Mazed and Confused sign. Because the stereotypical college spring break experience can include many risky
elements, our activity focused around underage alcohol use, marijuana use, driving while impaired, and having
unprotected sex. The decision quest gave real life scenarios of something a student could face while being on
spring break, and their decisions could lead to positive or negative outcomes. At the conclusion of the activity,
students learned how their decisions affected their hypothetical lives, whether it was an immediate outcome or
a future one.

         A summary of the optional activity evaluation demonstrated positive results. Students perceived “great
risk” in having unprotected sex and in alcohol consumption leading to a BAC of .08 or above. Students
perceived “some risk” in smoking marijuana. Over 60% of student participants acknowledged the activity was
relevant to them, and 75% responded that the activity was “Good” or “Excellent.” It is unknown how many
students completed the activity, but we marketed it to students enrolled in the Intro to Health & Wellness
academic course and to students living on campus, so the potential audience was around 3,000 students.

UT Chattanooga is working on implementing an AOD Scavenger Hunt via the Goosechase App. We will
                                  report on that for the next FY.

Chattanooga State and UT Martin did not complete the Project due to complications with COVID-19.