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SMART Goals Assignment

SMART Goals Assignment: An Analysis on a College-Level Intervention on Alcohol-

Related Motor Vehicle Fatalities/Injuries Among College Students Under the Age of 35

Stephanie Sandoval

Department of Health Science and Human Ecology, California State University San Bernardino

HSCI 6260: Health Education Planning and Evaluation

Dr. Mshigeni, MPA, MPH, PhD

February 9, 2023
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Topic: An Analysis on a College-Level Intervention on Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle

Fatalities/Injuries Among College Students Under the Age of 35

1. Specific: Alcohol impairs reasoning, thinking, and muscle coordination; all these abilities

are imperative to operating a motor vehicle safely. According to the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2020 the highest percentage of drunk drivers

were the 21–24-year-old age group and 25–34-year-old age group (26% each). It is

essential that there be Drunk Driving Educational Workshops integrated into the Student

Health Center Department of Health Promotion, to educate, involve, and engage students

on the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol.

2. Measurable: Educational Workshops are a great way to explore specific topics, identify

problems, and engage the community in a meaningful way. Within this topic, it will

allow participating students to learn more about the prevalence of alcohol-related

fatalities/injuries among individuals in their age group and develop behavioral strategies

to prevent drunk driving. A consistent approach to measuring the effectiveness of these

workshops would be through pre/post surveys and comparing the results over the span of

a year, noting a reduction in the number of students admitting to driving under the

influence of alcohol.

3. Achievable: Implementing Drunk Driving Educational Workshops is essential to

decrease the number of alcohol-related motor fatalities/ injuries among students under the

age of 35. These workshops would be sustainable because Peer Health Educators could

be trained to facilitate this preventative program once a week throughout the year (in-

person and zoom). Peer Health Educators would also be tasked with gathering the data
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from the pre/post surveys and noting the effectiveness of the intervention. Additionally,

individuals who closely interact with student (residential advisors, coaches, faculty, or

teaching assistants) could be trained on the drunk driving curriculum to help link students

to these workshops and resources.

4. Realistic: Drunk driving is a significant public health problem that not only affects the

lives of the drivers, but it can be detrimental to the lives of innocent bystanders such as

passengers or pedestrians. These workshops would help empower students to open about

their personal drinking behaviors and the negative consequences to their peers. This will

help create a healthy and supportive environment for students on campus to want to

change their behaviors.

5. Time-phased: To decrease the number of alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities/injuries

by 5% among college students under the ages of 35, the Drunk Driving Educational

Workshops launched at the Student Health Center must in commit to hosting a session

once a week for an entire year.

6. Final Goal Sentence: Decrease the number of alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities by

5% within the next year among college students under the age of 35.