Web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention for university students: A randomized trial

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1218-1224

  Kypri, Kypros ^a,b   Vater, Tina ^b   Bowe, Steven J ^c   Saunders, John B ^d   Cunningham, John A ^e,f   Horton, Nicholas J ^g   McCambridge, Jim ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^g AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BINGE DRINKING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896624192     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.2138     Document Type: Article

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