Perceived barriers by health care providers for screening and management of excessive alcohol use in an emergency department of a low-income country.

ABSTRACT: Annually, alcohol causes 3.3 million deaths; countless more alcohol-related injury patients are treated in emergency departments (EDs) worldwide. Studies show that alcohol-related injury patients reduce their at-risk alcohol-use behavior with a brief negotiational interview (BNI) in the ED. This project aims to identify potential perceived barriers to implementing a BNI in Tanzania. A knowledge, attitude, and practice questionnaire was piloted and administered to all emergency department health care practitioners, including physicians, advanced medical officers, and nurses. The questionnaire included the Perceived Alcohol Stigma (PAS) Scale. The survey was self-administered in English, the language of health care instruction, with a Swahili translation available if preferred. Data were ana

SUBMITTER: Staton CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6467255 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature