CHASCo April 2023 Membership Meeting

Please plan to join us for our April Membership Meeting scheduled for Friday, April 14, 2023. This meeting will take place by Zoom and is scheduled for 11:00am to 1:00pm Central. All are welcome to join. Click here to register.

 Professional Development: Shifting Campus Drinking Culture Through Screening

Reaching high risk populations with effective prevention can be challenging. Screening is one tool that is underutilized in engaging both students and campus partners. This presentation will identify strategies for implementing screening initiatives outside of health care settings and with high-risk populations, specifically fraternity and sorority members and sanctioned students. A campus-wide screening initiative has the potential to shift attitudes regarding high risk drinking as students are better able to identify signs of problematic use in their friends and learn the resources for responding. We will share the strategies we have used that have resulted in over 5,000 students participating in the last three years.

Aimee Hourigan directs substance abuse prevention and education initiatives designed to promote low-risk behaviors and build a healthy campus environment at the University of South Carolina. Aimee leads a team which provides a comprehensive range of evidence-based prevention, environmental strategies, early intervention and recovery support services. Aimee joined USC in July 2016 after coordinating campus substance abuse prevention efforts, peer education program, and the collegiate recovery community at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington; residential experiences at the University of Alabama; and health and wellness activities at James Madison University. She earned a B.A. from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina, a M.Ed. from James Madison University and a Graduate Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts from the University of North Carolina.