Issues. Reductions in control group consumption over time that are possibly related to
research design affect the impact of brief alcohol interventions (BAI) in clinical settings …

Background While the efficacy and effectiveness of brief interventions for alcohol (ABI) have
been demonstrated in primary care, there is weaker evidence in other settings and reviews …

Aim To obtain a consensus of expert views on how best to implement screening and brief
intervention (SBI) for excessive drinkers in a routine and enduring fashion in primary health …

Background Despite the accumulated evidence on the efficacy of brief interventions in
hazardous drinkers some ambiguity remains regarding their differential effectiveness by …

Objectives: To explore the relationship between patient's intention to change regarding
future alcohol consumption following brief alcohol intervention (BAI) and changes in alcohol …

Alcohol-related health problems are important public health issues and alcohol remains one
of the leading risk factors of chronic health conditions. In addition, only a small proportion of …

Abstract [describe] 2 main categories of brief interventions [with alcohol abusing clients]:
agency-based interventions and community-based interventions/[discuss] issues relating to …

OBJECTIVE: The project was designed to compare the effectiveness of brief intervention (BI)
versus simple advice (SA) in the secondary prevention of hazardous alcohol consumption …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of brief interventions in the primary health care
setting to decrease alcohol consumption in non-alcoholic adult drinkers. Method Systematic …

Two recent reviews of the evidence on brief interventions in the alcohol field reach highly
favourable conclusions regarding their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. However, both …