TY - JOUR AU - Pengpid, Supa AU - Peltzer, Karl AU - Skaal, Linda AU - van der Heever, Hendry AU - Van Hal, Guido PY - 2012 DA - 2012/02/14 TI - Screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems in Dr George Mukhari Hospital out-patients in Gauteng, South Africa: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial protocol JO - BMC Public Health SP - 127 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - For alcohol drinkers in South Africa it has been found that annual consumption per drinker is among the highest in the world. High prevalence rates of hazardous and harmful alcohol use have also been found in a hospital out-patient setting in South Africa. Hospital settings are a particularly valuable point of contact for the delivery of brief interventions because of the large access to patient populations each year. With this in mind, the primary purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to provide screening for alcohol misuse and to test the efficacy of brief interventions in reducing alcohol intake among hospital out-patients in South Africa. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-127 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-12-127 ID - Pengpid2012 ER -