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California Researchers Develop Interactive Program for Waiting-Room Patients about Smoking and Alcohol Use
Integrating a behavioral risk assessment and brief intervention tool into primary care settings
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry worked to revise their prototype patient education program — "Video Doctor" — so that patients can operate it independently in their physicians' offices. They created it under a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Video Doctor is an interactive computer program that patients can use in physicians' waiting rooms to receive targeted risk-reduction information and suggestions regarding their smoking and alcohol use.
Key Results
The project staff:
- Modified Video Doctor so that patients could operate it independently in the primary care clinic setting.
- Developed six prototypes of "cueing reports." These reports provide physicians with a summary of the patient's risky behaviors and readiness to change. The reports also include easy-to-follow scripts to help physicians relay advice about behavioral risks.
Funding
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided a grant of $116,916 from January 2002 to January 2003 to support the project.