TY - JOUR
T1 - At-risk drinking in an HMO primary care sample
T2 - Prevalence and health policy implications
AU - Fleming, Michael F.
AU - Manwell, Linda Baier
AU - Barry, Kristen Lawton
AU - Johnson, Kristen
PY - 1998/1
Y1 - 1998/1
N2 - Objectives. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of at- risk drinking using varying alcohol use criteria. Methods. A period prevalence survey was conducted in 22 primary care practices (n = 19 372 adults). Results. The frequency of at-risk alcohol use varied from 7.5% (World Health Organization criteria) to 19.7% (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism criteria). A stepwise logistic model using National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism criteria found male gender, current tobacco use, never married status, retirement, and unemployment to be significant predictors of at-risk alcohol use. Conclusions. Public health policy needs to move to a primary care paradigm focusing on identification and treatment of at-risk drinkers.
AB - Objectives. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of at- risk drinking using varying alcohol use criteria. Methods. A period prevalence survey was conducted in 22 primary care practices (n = 19 372 adults). Results. The frequency of at-risk alcohol use varied from 7.5% (World Health Organization criteria) to 19.7% (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism criteria). A stepwise logistic model using National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism criteria found male gender, current tobacco use, never married status, retirement, and unemployment to be significant predictors of at-risk alcohol use. Conclusions. Public health policy needs to move to a primary care paradigm focusing on identification and treatment of at-risk drinkers.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.88.1.90
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.88.1.90
M3 - Article
C2 - 9584040
AN - SCOPUS:0031936490
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 88
SP - 90
EP - 93
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 1
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