Grants

Study of youth alcohol diagnostic screening tools

Recent studies suggest that measures used to identify problem drinking in adults may not be developmentally appropriate for adolescents, and that existing adolescent alcohol screening instruments are too long to be administered by Emergency Department (ED) staff or during routine visits in other health care settings. Under this project, the investigators will conduct an alcohol diagnostic screening study with adolescents in an urban hospital ED and develop a brief, low-cost method to effectively identify adolescents who may benefit from an alcohol use intervention. Potential screening instruments will be rigorously evaluated with respect to sensitivity, predictive validity, and ease of administration in a busy hospital setting. The resulting screen could potentially be replicated in a range of health care settings and could form the basis for early identification and intervention programs for adolescent problem drinking.

Grant Details

Amount Awarded $46,000.00

Awarded on: 10/17/1997

Time frame: 11/1/1997 - 10/31/1999

Grant Number: 32502

Grantee

Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Box GS-121-5
Providence, RI, 02912-0001

401-444-1800
Website

Peter M. Monti
Project Director

401-444-1849
Email

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