Project on Identification and Management of Alcohol-Related Problems. Report on Phase II: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Brief Interventions in Primary Health Care

Overview

This report describes the rationale, methodology and findings of a cross-national multicentre clinical trial of brief intervention procedures designed to reduce the health risks associated with hazardous alcohol use. The study was coordinated by WHO at collaborating centres in ten countries: Australia, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Zimbabwe.