National College Health Improvement Project

Better outcomes through evidence and measurement: NCHIP's mission is to improve student health at colleges and universities through the application of population health solutions. Building on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Breakthrough Series learning collaborative model, NCHIP convenes groups of institutions to collectively address student health problems by bringing evidence into practice and measuring outcomes. Its inaugural effort, the Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking, was launched in April 2011.

The Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking

A new way of looking at an old problem: Colleges and universities from around the country are joining forces to address the problem of binge drinking on college campuses. This unprecedented initiative is using comprehensive evaluation and measurement techniques to identify and implement the most effective ways to tackle a persistent problem that affects nearly 4 out of 10 students and help lessen the harm it causes.

What works. Where. Why. The Collaborative teams will spend 24 months working with researchers and scientists from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI), bringing population health solutions and quality improvement methods to bear on the problem of binge drinking. The teams will use outcomes-based research to discover what programs work best, where they work, and why.

Learning Collaborative Partners

Acadia University, Boston University, Brown University, Bucknell University, Colgate University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, DePauw University, Duke University, Frostburg State University, Lehigh University, Lincoln College Partnership, Northwestern University, Ohio University, Princeton University, Purdue University, Sewanee: The University of the South, Southern Methodist University, Stanford University, Stony Brook University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, University of Minnesota, University of New Hampshire, University of Rhode Island, University of Vermont, University of Wyoming, Vanderbilt University, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University, Yale University