Ultra-brief intervention for problem drinkers: research protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Helping the large number of problem drinkers who will never seek treatment is a challenging issue. Public health initiatives employing educational materials or mass media campaigns have met with mixed success. However, clinical research has developed effective brief interventions to help problem drinkers. This project will employ an intervention that has been validated in clinical settings and then modified into an ultra-brief format suitable for use as a public health intervention. The major objective of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to establish the effectiveness of an ultra-brief, personalized feedback intervention for problem drinkers.

Methods/design

Problem drinkers recruited on a baseline population telephone survey conducted in a ma

SUBMITTER: Cunningham JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2528012 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature