Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is a public health approach to
the delivery of early intervention and treatment services for individuals at risk of developing …

Background: There has been a significant increase in the availability of online programs for
alcohol problems. A systematic review of the research evidence underpinning these …

Missing data affect nearly every discipline by complicating the statistical analysis of collected
data. But since the 1990s, there have been important developments in the statistical …

Nowadays, technology is increasingly used to increase people's well-being. For example,
many mobile and Web-based apps have been developed that can support people to …

Background: Mobile phone apps have the potential to reduce excessive alcohol
consumption cost-effectively. Although hundreds of alcohol-related apps are available, there …

Background: Increasingly, governments, health care agencies, companies, and private
groups have chosen Second Life as part of their Web 2.0 communication strategies. Second …

Health care and health care services are increasingly being delivered over the Internet.
There is a strong argument that interventions delivered online should also be evaluated …

Background Attrition is a noted feature of eHealth interventions and trials. In 2005,
Eysenbach published a landmark paper calling for a “science of attrition,” suggesting that …

Background Self-help strategies offer a promising way to address problems with access to
and stigma associated with face-to-face drug and alcohol treatment, and the Internet …

Abstract Background The abbreviated Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test for
Consumption (AUDIT-C) is rapidly becoming the alcohol screening tool of choice for busy …