The EU has the world's highest per-capita alcohol consumption. Intervention by primary healthcare (PHC) providers could reduce alcohol-associated problems by up to 20 %.
The EU-funded initiative ODHIN (Optimizing delivery of health care interventions) aimed to maximise the translation of clinical research results into routine practice. Researchers conducted studies on identification and brief intervention (IBI) programmes in PHC to reduce hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption (HHAC). Besides behavioural, organisational and financial aspects, the effectiveness and cost effects of IBI were evaluated.
Further details: Interventions for hazardous and harmful drinking