Full title: Professional´s attitudes do not influence screening and brief interventions rates for hazardous and harmful drinkers: results from ODHIN study

Authors: Preben Bendtsen, Peter Anderson, Marcin Wojnar, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Ulrika Müssener, Joan Colom, Nadine Karlsson, Krzysztof Brzózka, Fredrik Spak, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Eileen Kaner, Karolina Kłoda, Artur Mierzecki, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Kathryn Parkinson, Jillian Reynolds, Gaby Ronda, Lidia Segura, Jorge Palacio, Begoña Baena, Luiza Slodownik, Ben van Steenkiste, Amy Wolstenholme, Paul Wallace, Myrna N Keurhorst, Miranda GH Laurant, Antoni Gual

Published in March 2015 by Alcohol and Alcoholism

Full title: Implementing training and support, financial reimbursement, and referral to an internet-based brief advice program to improve the early identification of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in primary care (ODHIN): study protocol for a cluster randomized factorial trial

Authors: Myrna N Keurhorst, Peter Anderson, Fredrik Spak, Preben Bendtsen, Lidia Segura, Joan Colom, Jillian Reynolds, Colin Drummond, Paolo Deluca, Ben van Steenkiste, Artur Mierzecki, Karolina Kłoda, Paul Wallace, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Eileen Kaner, Toni Gual and Miranda GH Laurant.

The European level of alcohol consumption, and the subsequent burden of disease, is high compared to the rest of the world. While screening and brief interventions in primary healthcare are cost-effective, in most countries they have hardly been implemented in routine primary healthcare. In this study, we aim to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of three implementation interventions that have been chosen to address key barriers for improvement: training and support to address lack of knowledge and motivation in healthcare providers; financial reimbursement to compensate the time investment; and internet-based counselling to reduce workload for primary care providers.

Full title: Managing alcohol problems in general practice: a descriptive study

Authors: Anderson, Wojnar et al.

To document the attitudes and views of general practitioners from eight European countries to alcohol and alcohol problems and how these attitudes and views are associated with self-reported activity in managing patients with alcohol and alcohol problems.

Published in September 2014 by Alcohol and Alcoholism

Full title: Lo screening e l’intervento breve in medicina generale: un modello di analisi economica sui bevitori a rischio

Authors: Struzzo, Angus, Scafato, Ghirini, Torbica, Ferre, Scafari, Purshouse, Brennan

The Sheffield alcohol policy model has been used to model the cost-effectiveness of government pricing and public health policies in several countries including England. This study adapts the model using Italian data to evaluate a programme of screening and brief interventions in Italy.

Full title: Implementing referral to an electronic alcohol brief advice website in primary health care: results from the ODHIN implementation trial

Authors: Preben Bendtsen, Ulrika Müssener, Nadine Karlsson, Hugo López-Pelayo, Jorge Palacio-Vieira, Joan Colom, Antoni Gual, Jillian Reynolds, Paul Wallace, Lidia Segura & Peter Anderson

Published in BMJ Open on 16th June 2016