title: The acceptability to Aboriginal Australians of a family-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cognitive-behavioural interventions that use familial and community reinforcers in an individual's environment are effective for reducing alcohol-related harms. Such interventions have considerable potential to reduce the disproportionately high burden of alcohol-related harm among Aboriginal Australians if they can be successfully tailored to their specific needs and circumstances. The overall aim of this paper is to describe the perceived acceptability of two cognitive-behavioural interventions, the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) and Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), to a sample of Aboriginal people.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive survey was administered to 116 Aboriginal people recruited through an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service and a community-based drug and alcohol treatment agency in rural New South Wales, Australia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants perceived CRA and CRAFT to be highly acceptable for delivery in their local Aboriginal community. Women were more likely than men to perceive CRAFT as highly acceptable. Participants expressed a preference for counsellors to be someone they knew and trusted, and who has experience working in their local community. CRA was deemed most acceptable for delivery to individuals after alcohol withdrawal and CRAFT for people who want to help a relative/friend start alcohol treatment. There was a preference for five or more detailed sessions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings of this study suggest that CRA and CRAFT are likely to be acceptable for delivery to some rural Aboriginal Australians, and that there is potential to tailor these interventions to specific communities.
authors.affiliation: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Calabria
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clifford
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shakeshaft
authors.forename: Julaine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bliss
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001519:Behavior; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009517:New South Wales / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult