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February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study estimated the impact of a mandatory screening policy for Division I athletes implemented by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on both the identification of sickle cell carriers and prevention of sudden death.
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
Join Together developed lessons and recommendations from RWJF child and adolescent-focused initiatives to keep children safe, healthy and addiction free and prepared and distributed a report on screening and brief interventions for risky drinking and drug taking.
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The purpose of this study was to help clarify the association between drinking alcohol—any alcohol use and problem drinking—and the health of elderly people.
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Disturbed sleep is a common complaint and has been associated with a variety of health problems. This article seeks to uncover the role alcohol may play in sleep disorders. The authors undertake a qualitative review of 107 studies that examine the r ...
February 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Kaiser Foundation Research Institute began a study examining the use of a computer-administered screening test in primary care clinics to identify substance abuse and behavioral health problems.
March 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The National Mental Illness Screening Project, in collaboration with National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, conducted the first National Alcohol Screening Day, which was held April 8, 1999.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies evaluated existing alcohol diagnostic screening tools to develop a quick, low-cost way to identify adolescents who might benefit from alcohol-use interventions.
April 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
Between July 1992 and October 1995, the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene of Albany, N.Y., evaluated the performance of the New York State Hospital Intervention Service (HIS), which screens hospital patients for alcohol problems and conducts a brief intervention or refers them to treatment.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1999 to 2001, researchers at the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Children's Hospital Boston refined a brief questionnaire, called the CRAFFT, that primary care physicians can use to screen for alcohol or substance abuse problems in adolescent patients.
February 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The CDC sponsored a conference to draft recommendations to encourage trauma center staff to screen patients for alcohol and other drug problems and to counsel those who screen positive and refer them for treatment.