- Title
- Feedback from recently returned veterans on an anonymous web-based brief alcohol intervention
- Creator
- Lapham, Gwen T.; Hawkins, Eric J.; Chavez, Laura J.; Achtmeyer, Carol E.; Williams, Emily C.; Thomas, Rachel M.; Ludman, Evette J.; Kypri, Kypros; Hunt, Stephen C.; Bradley, Katharine A.
- Relation
- Addiction Science & Clinical Practice Vol. 7
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-7-17
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Background: Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) are at increased risk for alcohol misuse, and innovative methods are needed to improve their access to alcohol screening and brief interventions (SBI). This study adapted an electronic SBI (e-SBI) website shown to be efficacious in college students for OEF/OIF veterans and reported findings from interviews with OEF/OIF veterans about their impressions of the e-SBI. Methods: Outpatient veterans of OEF/OIF who drank ≥3 days in the past week were recruited from a US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Deployment Health Clinic waiting room. Veterans privately pretested the anonymous e-SBI then completed individual semistructured audio-recorded interviews. Their responses were analyzed using template analysis to explore domains identified a priori as well as emergent domains. Results: During interviews, all nine OEF/OIF veterans (1 woman and 8 men) indicated they had received feedback for risky alcohol consumption. Participants generally liked the standard-drinks image, alcohol-related caloric and monetary feedback, and the website’s brevity and anonymity (a priori domains). They also experienced challenges with portions of the e-SBI assessment and viewed feedback regarding alcohol risk and normative drinking as problematic, but described potential benefits derived from the e-SBI (emergent domains). The most appealing e-SBIs would ensure anonymity and provide personalized transparent feedback about alcohol-related risk, consideration of the context for drinking, strategies to reduce drinking, and additional resources for veterans with more severe alcohol misuse. Conclusions: Results of this qualitative exploratory study suggest e-SBI may be an acceptable strategy for increasing OEF/OIF veteran access to evidenced-based alcohol SBI.
- Subject
- internet; alcohol; brief intervention; feedback; Iraq war; veteran
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1308658
- Identifier
- uon:21692
- Identifier
- ISSN:1940-0640
- Language
- eng
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