TY - JOUR
KW - Alcoholism/diagnosis/prevention & control/rehabilitation
KW - Counseling
KW - Female
KW - Finland
KW - Guidelines as Topic
KW - Health Personnel/education
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Preventive Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Primary Health Care/manpower
KW - Professional Competence
KW - Professional-Patient Relations
KW - Psychotherapy, Brief
KW - Research Design
KW - Severity of Illness Index
KW - Time Factors
AU - M. Aalto
AU - P. Pekuri
AU - K. Seppa
A1 - 
AB - The objective of this study was to identify possible obstacles to carrying out competent early identification and brief intervention (EIBI) of heavy drinkers in primary health care. Qualitative focus group discussion method study applying the deductive framework approach. Six focus groups involving 18 general practitioners and 19 nurses were recruited from primary health care of the City of Tampere, Finland. Possible obstacles are: (1) confusion regarding the content of early-phase heavy drinking, (2) lack of self-efficacy among primary health care professionals, (3) sense of lacking time needed for carrying out brief intervention, (4) not having simple guidelines for brief intervention, (5) sense of difficulty in identifying of early-phase heavy drinkers, and (6) uncertainty about the justification for initiating discussion on alcohol issues with patients. The main actions to be taken to promote brief intervention are to educate professionals about the content of early-phase heavy drinking and to produce directing, but not excessively demanding guidelines for carrying out EIBI. Probably successful personal experiences carrying out EIBI can improve professionals' self-efficacy and give to them final justification for discussion alcohol issues with their patients.
BT - Drug and Alcohol Review
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 2
CY - England
DO - 10.1080/09595230100100606
IS - 2
JF - Drug and Alcohol Review
N2 - The objective of this study was to identify possible obstacles to carrying out competent early identification and brief intervention (EIBI) of heavy drinkers in primary health care. Qualitative focus group discussion method study applying the deductive framework approach. Six focus groups involving 18 general practitioners and 19 nurses were recruited from primary health care of the City of Tampere, Finland. Possible obstacles are: (1) confusion regarding the content of early-phase heavy drinking, (2) lack of self-efficacy among primary health care professionals, (3) sense of lacking time needed for carrying out brief intervention, (4) not having simple guidelines for brief intervention, (5) sense of difficulty in identifying of early-phase heavy drinkers, and (6) uncertainty about the justification for initiating discussion on alcohol issues with patients. The main actions to be taken to promote brief intervention are to educate professionals about the content of early-phase heavy drinking and to produce directing, but not excessively demanding guidelines for carrying out EIBI. Probably successful personal experiences carrying out EIBI can improve professionals' self-efficacy and give to them final justification for discussion alcohol issues with their patients.
PP - England
PY - 2003
SN - 0959-5236; 0959-5236
SP - 169
EP - 173
EP - 
T1 - Obstacles to carrying out brief intervention for heavy drinkers in primary health care: A focus group study
T2 - Drug and Alcohol Review
TI - Obstacles to carrying out brief intervention for heavy drinkers in primary health care: A focus group study
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 12850903
U3 - 10.1080/09595230100100606
VL - 22
VO - 0959-5236; 0959-5236
Y1 - 2003
ER -