Acceptability of various brief intervention approaches for hazardous drinking among university students.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the acceptability to university students of practitioner-delivered screening and brief intervention (SBI) versus a novel approach-web-based SBI (e-SBI).


METHODS
A random sample of 1910 university students was invited to indicate their preferences for various brief intervention approaches in an internet survey.


RESULTS
e-SBI was the most popular intervention. It was favoured by 81% of all students and 82% of hazardous drinkers.


CONCLUSIONS
e-SBI is a promising approach for the reduction of hazardous drinking among young people.
Kypri
Kypros
K
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand, Australia. kkypri@ipru.otago.ac.nz
Saunders
John B
JB
Gallagher
Stephen J
SJ
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003376:Counseling; D034742:Electronic Mail; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D013334:Students; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D014495:Universities