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ENTICE Program

Welcome to the ENTICE Program!

Establishing Norms Through Interactive Community Education

Background

The ENTICE program was developed by IFC and Panhel leaders, FSILG students, the Office of Community Development and Substance Abuse (CDSA), and Center for Health Promotion staff through a Department of Education grant in 2006. Aimed at serving FSILGs, this research-based initiative examines the effectiveness that trained, motivated student facilitators have on influencing group norms around health-related behaviors. After promising results from the pilot program in 2007, CDSA has conducted a widespread implementation and rigorous analysis of these results to publicize and promote this exciting new model of behavior change.

Program Description

ENTICE is a one-time, 60-90 minute program designed for a fraternity or sorority chapters, that is led by a pair of same-sex student facilitators. Through an interactive discussion, chapter participants use "clickers" to answer a number of questions (in projected PowerPoint format) about what role alcohol has played in the life of the house (i.e. students are asked to answer how often they have been kept awake by a brother's drinking, etc). Based on the distribution of these answers, the chapter decides if this is a) a problem for the majority of them, and b) IF and HOW they want to address the issue.

Presenters

Facilitators of ENTICE are Greek-affiliated members within the MIT community who are trained in a non-judgmental, counseling technique called motivational interviewing. Each program is also monitored by a CDSA staff member in case of issues that need clarification from an administrator.