None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This 2 year project will introduce screening and brief interventions for high risk drinkers admitted to hospital with facial trauma. The project will be conducted by the Menzies School of Health Research in partnership with the NT Department of Health and Families. It will build on the relationships and knowledge learned from the Australian Integrated Mental Health Initiative in the Northern Territory (AIMhi NT). This project will allow direct transfer of those findings to clinical practice. This study plans to test the effectiveness of a brief culturally adapted intervention in improving outcomes for at-risk drinkers using a randomised controlled design.
Interventions
This 2 year project will introduce screening and brief interventions for high risk drinkers admitted to hospital with facial trauma. This study plans to test the effectiveness of a brief culturally adapted intervention in improving outcomes for at-risk drinkers using a randomised controlled design.
a)Motivational Care Planning involves key principles of a number of brief therapies: motivational interviewing, goal setting and problem solving.
The brief intervention is facilated by Indigenous men
This 2 year project will introduce screening and brief interventions for high risk drinkers admitted to hospital with facial trauma. This study plans to test the effectiveness of a brief culturally adapted intervention in improving outcomes for at-risk drinkers using a randomised controlled design. a)Motivational Care Planning involves key principles of a number of brief therapies: motivational interviewing, goal setting and problem solving. The brief intervention is facilated by Indigenous mental health researchers who are trained by Psychiatrist. b)The duration of treatment is 10 minutes and the frequency is three times in 18 months period c) Talking Treatment involves one on one therapy showing our pictorial sheets explaining our STAY STRONG PLAN that briefly explains the impotance of family of the participants, their strength and worries and goals for change and early warning signs.
Sponsors
Assoc Prof Tricia Nagel
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
12 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
The target population is all individuals over 12 years old who are admitted to the Maxillofacial unit and who, on screening, show signs as being at risk of drinking as indicated by AUDIT-c score of greater than or equal to six.
Exclusion criteria
People will be excluded as follows: if they are between 12-18 years of age and their parents do not provide consent, or if they are unable to give informed consent.
Outcome results
None listed