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: Improving the delivery of brief interventions for heavy drinking in primary health care: outcome results of the ODHIN five country cluster randomized factorial trial

Authors: Peter Anderson, Preben Bendtsen, Fredrik Spak, Jillian Reynolds, Colin Drummond, Lidia Segura, Myrna Keurhorst, Jorge Palacio Vieira, Marcin Wojnar, Kathryn Parkinson, Joan Colom, Karolina Kloda, Paolo Deluca, Begoña Baena, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Paul Wallace, Maud Heinen, Amy Wolstenholme, Ben van Steenkiste, Artur Mierzecki, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Gaby Ronda, Eileen Kaner, Miranda Laurant, Toni Gual

Accepted by Addiction in May 2016

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: 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: NHG-Standaard Problematisch alcoholgebruik(Derde herziening)

Authors: L. Boomsma, I.M. Drost, I.M. Larsen, J.J.H.M. Luijkx, G.J. Meerkerk, N. Valken, M.M. Verduijn, J. Burgers, G. van der Weele, M. Sijbom 

Publidhed in January 2014 by Huisarts & Wetenschap