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Alcohol Risk Reduction
Learn to be safe while drinking at collegePreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 12 lessons.
Essential Provider : KnowledgeCity 4 chapters · 12 Lessons · 25m in English, Spanish
Course Description
For many, college is a time to have fun and party with friends, which often involves alcohol - but drinking can be risky. This course will help you learn how to remain safe if you drink and reduce the risks associated with drinking. You will also learn how to identify and handle excessive drinking and alcohol poisoning.
What You'll Learn
- Identify and handle excessive drinking and alcohol poisoning
- Apply safe drinking tips and low-risk drinking practices to stay safe if you drink
- Recognize alcohol myths and understand drinking laws
- Assess drinking risks, environmental risks, and risks in social situations
- Use intervention skills to respond when others are at risk
Key Takeaways
- Drinking can be risky, and the course teaches how to remain safe if you drink and reduce the risks associated with drinking.
- The course covers how to identify and handle excessive drinking and alcohol poisoning.
- Lessons address drinking laws, alcohol myths, low-risk drinking, and safe drinking tips.
- The course examines drinking risks including environmental risks and risks in social situations.
- Learners build intervention skills as part of the course.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is aimed at people for whom college is a time to have fun and party with friends, which often involves alcohol, and who want to learn how to drink more safely and reduce associated risks.
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn how to remain safe if you drink, reduce the risks associated with drinking, and identify and handle excessive drinking and alcohol poisoning.
What topics does the course cover?
It covers an introduction, drinking laws, alcohol myths, excessive drinking, alcohol poisoning, low-risk drinking, safe drinking tips, drinking risks, environmental risks, risks in social situations, intervention skills, and a conclusion.
What skills does this course help build?
It helps build risk prevention, risk reduction, techniques of alcohol management, alcohol education, managing intoxication, and substance abuse prevention.
