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Background: The robust evidence base for the effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief interventions (ASBIs) in primary health care (PHC) suggests that a widespread expansion of ASBI in non-medical settings could be beneficial. Social service and criminal justice settings work frequently with persons with alcohol use disorders, and workplace settings can be an appropriate setting for the implementation of alcohol prevention programs, as a considerable part of their social interactions takes place in this context.Methods: Update of two systematic reviews on ASBI effectiveness in workplaces, social service, and criminal justice settings. Review to identify implementation barriers and facilitators and future research needs of ASBI in non-medical settings.Results: We found a limited number of randomized controlled trials in non-medical settings with an equivocal evidence of effectiveness of ASBI. In terms of barriers and facilitators to implementation, the heterogeneity of non-medical settings makes it challenging to draw overarching conclusions. In the workplace, employee concerns with regard to the consequences of self-disclosure appear to be key. For social services, the complexity of certain client needs suggest that a stepped and carefully tailored approach is likely to be required.Discussion: Compared to PHC, the reviewed settings are far more heterogeneous in terms of client groups, external conditions, and the focus on substance use disorders. Thus, future research should try to systematize these differences, and consider their implications for the deliverability, acceptance, and potential effectiveness of ASBI for different target groups, organizational frameworks, and professionals.
Author(s): Schulte B, O'Donnell A, Kastner Sinja, Schmidt C, Schäfer I, Reimer J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Year: 2014
Volume: 5
Issue: 131
Print publication date: 06/10/2014
Online publication date: 06/10/2014
Acceptance date: 05/09/2014
Date deposited: 08/01/2015
ISSN (electronic): 1664-0640
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00131
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00131
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