Dissemination of the Brief Alcohol Intervention in the United States Air Force: Study Rationale, Design, and Methods

Karen J. Derefinko; Brittany D. Linde; Robert C. Klesges; Tina Boothe; Lauren Colvin; Karen Leroy; Melissa A. Little; Christin Pasker; James G. Murphy; Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy; Zoran Bursac; Jon O. Ebbert; Teresa M. Waters; Ian Brooks; G. Wayne Talcott

doi:10.1080/21635781.2017.1397569

Dissemination of the Brief Alcohol Intervention in the United States Air Force: Study Rationale, Design, and Methods

Karen J. Derefinko, Brittany D. Linde, Robert C. Klesges, Tina Boothe, Lauren Colvin, Karen Leroy, Melissa A. Little, Christin Pasker, James G. Murphy, Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy, Zoran Bursac, Jon O. Ebbert, Teresa M. Waters, Ian Brooks, G. Wayne Talcott

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This article describes a universally implemented brief alcohol intervention (BAI) administered across 4 major United States Air Force Technical Training sites for the past 6 years and plans to study the added benefit of a booster BAI session through a randomized design. The proposed BAI booster study design is described, as well as strengths and limitations of this design in light of challenges to conducting alcohol research in the U.S. military. Study outcomes include the occurrence of future alcohol-related incidents as well as cost-savings. The proposed study may provide important information regarding the value of adapting BAIs to other U.S. branches of military service in an effort to manage underage alcohol use and promote early identification of binge drinking through a large group format, and the efficacy and cost-savings potential that brief interventions have in reducing problem drinking.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	108-117
Number of pages	10
Journal	Military Behavioral Health
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2017.1397569
State	Published - 2018

Keywords

alcohol use
Alcohol-related incidents
binge drinking
booster interventions
brief interventions
cost-savings
motivational interviewing
study design
underage drinking
United States military

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Psychology(all)

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Derefinko, K. J., Linde, B. D., Klesges, R. C., Boothe, T., Colvin, L., Leroy, K., Little, M. A., Pasker, C., Murphy, J. G., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Bursac, Z., Ebbert, J. O., Waters, T. M., Brooks, I., & Talcott, G. W. (2018). Dissemination of the Brief Alcohol Intervention in the United States Air Force: Study Rationale, Design, and Methods. Military Behavioral Health, 6(1), 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2017.1397569

Derefinko, KJ, Linde, BD, Klesges, RC, Boothe, T, Colvin, L, Leroy, K, Little, MA, Pasker, C, Murphy, JG, McDevitt-Murphy, ME, Bursac, Z, Ebbert, JO, Waters, TM, Brooks, I & Talcott, GW 2018, 'Dissemination of the Brief Alcohol Intervention in the United States Air Force: Study Rationale, Design, and Methods', Military Behavioral Health, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2017.1397569

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