Nurse-provided screening and brief intervention for risky alcohol consumption by sexual health clinic patients

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 524-527

  Lane, J ^a   Proude, E M ^b,d   Conigrave, K M ^a,b   De Boer, J P ^c   Haber, P S ^a,b  

^a Drug Health Services   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149113929     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.032482     Document Type: Article

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