WayToServePlus: Improving Responsible Alcohol Service Ph II

Summary

Responsible beverage service (RBS) training for alcohol servers is a promising intervention for reducing driving while intoxicated (DWI) by alcohol. Training, certification, and in-service contact improves professionalism and effectiveness of prevention interventions delivered by community members such as alcohol servers. This SBIR Fast-track project will develop and test an in-service professional development component to the WayToServe® online RBS training to improve the effectiveness of RBS training in order to make further gains in reducing problem alcohol behavior in communities.

Conditions

• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcohol Intoxication
• Alcohol Use, Unspecified

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

WayToServe Plus In-service Component

Investigators will test WayToServe Plus in-service component's ability to increase refusal of service to intoxicated patrons in a randomized trial. A two-group randomized field trial (WayToServe training only \[comparison control\] v. WayToServe training plus WayToServe Plus in-service component \[intervention\]) with 2 assessment rounds (Baseline, Posttest) will yield a 2 factorial design. Investigators will randomly assign premises to WayToServe training and WayToServe Plus after baseline in Month 18, stratified by state and location. Remaining premises will receive WayToServe Training Only. All premises will be recruited to have servers complete WayToServe training. Servers in intervention group will be accepted into a Facebook private group after WayToServe training to receive in-service component with \~3 posts per week for 12 months. In Months 30-32, all premises will be posttested with PiP assessments (blind to condition).

BEHAVIORAL

WayToServe Training Only

Investigators will test WayToServe Plus in-service component's ability to increase refusal of service to intoxicated patrons in a randomized trial. A two-group randomized field trial (WayToServe Training Only \[comparison control\] v. WayToServe Plus In-service Component \[intervention\]) with 2 assessment rounds (Baseline, Posttest) will yield a 2 factorial design. Investigators will randomly assign premises to WayToServe Traiing Only after baseline in Month 18, stratified by state and location. In Months 30-32, all premises will be posttested with PiP assessments (blind to condition).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

  collaborator NIH

• Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

  collaborator OTHER

• Klein Buendel, Inc.

  lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

• David Buller, PhD · Klein Buendel, Inc.

• Gill Woodall, PhD · Klein Buendel, Inc.

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

19 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-01

Primary Completion

2026-05-31

Completion

2026-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations