**Lindsay Wolfson 1,2,\*, Julie Stinson <sup>1</sup> and Nancy Poole <sup>1</sup>**


Received: 22 December 2019; Accepted: 6 January 2020; Published: 7 January 2020

**Abstract:** Brief alcohol interventions are an effective strategy for reducing harmful and risky alcohol use and misuse. Many effective brief alcohol interventions include information and advice about an individual's alcohol use, changing their use, and assistance in developing strategies and goals to help reduce their use. Emerging research suggests that brief interventions can also be expanded to address multiple health outcomes; recognizing that the flexible nature of these approaches can be helpful in tailoring information to specific population groups. This scoping review synthesizes evidence on the inclusion of sex and gender in brief alcohol interventions on college campuses, highlighting available evidence on gender responsiveness in these interventions. Furthermore, this scoping review offers strategies on how brief alcohol interventions can be gender transformative, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions as harm reduction and prevention strategies, and in promoting gender equity.

**Keywords:** alcohol; brief intervention; college campus; gender; gender transformative; gender equity
