Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources
A collection of tools and resources for managing unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, intended for use by providers, organizational leadership, other team members, and patients.
The Impact of Brief Alcohol Interventions in Primary Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Reviews
Systematic review of 24 review articles that concludes that literature supports brief intervention in primary care settings to address unhealthy alcohol use
Treatment for Alcohol Problems: Finding and Getting Help
A Checklist for Identifying Determinants of Practice: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Frameworks and Taxonomies of Factors That Prevent or Enable Improvements in Healthcare Professional Practice
Describes development of a comprehensive checklist of determinants of practice, or factors that enable or prevent practice improvements; also includes worksheets to facilitate use of the checklist in quality improvement projects
A Randomized Clinical Trial of the Health Evaluation and Referral Assistant (HERA): Research Methods
Comparing Alcohol Screening Measures Among HIV Infected and Uninfected Men
Compared the AUDIT-C and AUDIT in HIV infected and uninfected men, finding both tools performed similarly in both populations for identifying risky drinking, alcohol dependence, and UAU
DSM-5 11-Item Alcohol Symptom Checklist
Checklist used after a high AUDIT-C score to engage a patient in dialogue on alcohol and other drug-related symptoms; provides guidance on assessing the severity of an alcohol and/or other drug use disorder
Integration and Sustainability of Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care Settings
Nurse Prescreen 1 Video
Preventing Excessive Alcohol Consumption: Electronic Screening and Brief Interventions (e-SBI) Task Force Finding and Rationale Statement
Outlines the main finding from the Community Preventive Services Task Force Systematic Review that recommends electronic screening and brief intervention (e-SBI) based on strong evidence of effectiveness in reducing self-reported excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems among intervention participants