Citation

Kypri K, Saunders JB, Gallagher SJ. Alcohol Alcohol. 2003; 38(6): 626-628.

Affiliation

Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand, Australia. kkypri@ipru.otago.ac.nz

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14633653

Abstract

AIMS: 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.