# Inclusive Practices for Gender Minority College Students to Reduce Sexual Violence and Heavy Drinking

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2022 · $256,507

## Abstract

Recent studies have highlighted the myriad health inequities faced by gender minority individuals (GM; those
who identify as a gender other than they were assigned at birth) compared to cisgender individuals (i.e.,
gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth). GM university students, experience increased risk for
hazardous drinking (i.e., heavy episodic drinking and excessive alcohol use) and sexual violence (SV) – key,
interrelated issues of critical importance for prevention and intervention. Compounding these vulnerabilities,
GM students face high rates of discrimination on university campuses that both drive heavy alcohol use and
SV inequities and lead to distrust of potential support resources like College Health Centers (CHC). These
substantial and persistent inequities make GM university students a priority population for interventions that
reduce hazardous drinking and SV; however, there is a shortage of efficacious interventions specific to their
needs. The parent study “Reducing Alcohol Involved Sexual violence in higher Education” (RAISE;
R01AA023260) is a 30+ campus, cluster randomized trial that will test research-informed strategies to improve
implementation of a prevention intervention in CHCs, integrate a safety decision aid (via computer or mobile
device) to more directly target harm reduction among students particularly vulnerable to hazardous drinking
and SV, and evaluate campus policies that increase accessibility and uptake of confidential services for
students. RAISE centers students at elevated risk for SV and hazardous drinking: students with history of SV,
students who identify as sexual/gender minority, and students with disabilities. This supplement enhances the
parent study’s intervention by employing community-partnered methodologies to develop training for CHC
providers designed specifically to increase their competence in addressing GM students’ health needs with a
focus on alcohol use and SV. In Aim 1, we will develop a CHC-based training intervention to increase the
provision of GM-competent care. In Aim 2, we will pilot the feasibility of implementing the CHC-based
intervention in 15 randomized CHC sites from the parent study. We will conduct CHC provider surveys
assessing their knowledge and attitudes about GM individuals and their knowledge, self-efficacy, and use of
GM-inclusive practices. We will also interview CHC providers and GM service users from each intervention
site. This research will produce the first rigorously evaluated GM-focused CHC-based provider training which
has the potential to increase the accessibility of CHC’s for GM university students and ultimately lower rates of
alcohol use and SV among this disproportionately impacted population.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10674156
- **Project number:** 3R01AA023260-07S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth Miller
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $256,507
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2014-08-20 → 2026-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10674156

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10674156, Inclusive Practices for Gender Minority College Students to Reduce Sexual Violence and Heavy Drinking (3R01AA023260-07S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10674156. Licensed CC0.

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