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- Title
The Effectiveness of Screening and Brief Intervention on Reducing Driving While Intoxicated Citations.
- Authors
Davis, Herbert T.; Beaton, Sarah J.; Worley, Ann Von; Parsons, William; Gunter, Margaret J.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to use retrospective data, including citations for driving while intoxicated (DWI), to assess the long-term effectiveness of a program consisting of Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for at-risk alcohol users and its impact on traffic safety. A second objective was to study ethnic differences in response to SBI. During the time period of 1998-1999, LCF Research, together with the Lovelace Health System, participated in the Cutting Back SBI study for at-risk drinkers. A total of 426 subjects exhibiting at-risk drinking behaviors from the New Mexico cohort were examined for the study, including 211 subjects who received a brief counseling intervention and 215 in the no intervention control group. This study examined DWI citations for all 426 subjects during the 5 years following the Cutting Back study. The brief interventions were shown to have had a significant impact on reducing DWI citations for at-risk drinkers, with the added benefit lasting for the 5-year duration of the study. The SBI was found to be most effective at reducing DWI citations for Hispanic at-risk drinkers. Evidence is presented to show that screening to identify at-risk drinkers followed by a brief intervention has a statistically significant lasting impact on improving traffic safety. ( Population Health Management 2012;15:52-57)
- Subjects
NEW Mexico; AUTOMOBILE driving; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); CONFIDENCE intervals; ALCOHOL drinking; HISPANIC Americans; MEDICAL cooperation; MEDICAL screening; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; RISK-taking behavior; STATISTICAL sampling; SELF-evaluation; WHITE people; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; MOTIVATIONAL interviewing; PROPORTIONAL hazards models; RETROSPECTIVE studies; EVALUATION of human services programs; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; KAPLAN-Meier estimator
- Publication
Population Health Management, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 1, p52
- ISSN
1942-7891
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1089/pop.2011.0003