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Kathleen Lenk, MPH¹, Traci L. Toomey, PhD¹, Darin J. Erickson, PhD¹, Alexander C. Wagenaar, PhD², Cheryl Perry, PhD¹, and Gunna Kilian¹. (1) School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St. Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, 612-626-8874, lenk@epi.umn.edu, (2) College of Medicine; Dept of Epidemiology & Health Policy Research, University of Florida, 1329 SW 16th Street, room 5287, P. O. Box 100177, Gainesville, FL 32608

Over 50% of alcohol establishments sell alcohol to obviously intoxicated patrons despite laws prohibiting these sales. A potential strategy to reduce these illegal sales is training owners and managers of alcohol establishments to encourage adoption and implementation of responsible alcohol policies. In this study, we evaluated an alcohol risk management (ARM) training program for owners and managers of alcohol establishments—participants received information on risk level, model policies to prevent illegal sales, a summary of state laws, and support for staff communication concerning policy implementation. We recruited establishments from one Midwestern city. We randomly assigned 122 on-premise establishments to receive the full 4-session ARM training and 109 to the control/delayed-intervention condition where the delayed intervention was a one-session (ARM Express) version of the training; 82 establishments in the city were never contacted because we had obtained our targeted sample size. Pseudo-intoxicated buyers (actors demonstrating signs of obvious intoxication) made purchase attempts before the 4-session trainings and at two time points following the 4-session trainings in intervention and control establishments. We also conducted telephone surveys of owners and managers of the establishments prior to any intervention and following implementation of all training sessions. We conducted two sets of analyses—one using the rate of sales to pseudo-intoxicated patrons as an outcome variable and one using reported establishment policies and practices as outcomes. We will present results of outcome analyses and discuss implications for owner/manager training as a tool to reduce sales to intoxicated patrons.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session participants will be able to

• Recognize the importance and need for reducing sales to intoxicated patrons.
• Describe the design of this randomized trial.
• Identify important components of a training program for owner/managers of alcohol establishments.
• Discuss implications for owner/manager training as a tool to reduce sales to intoxicated patrons.

Keywords: Alcohol, Policy/Policy Development

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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