Vital Signs: Communication Between Health Professionals and Their Patients About Alcohol Use — 44 States and the District of Columbia, 2011

Authors: Lela R. McKnight-Eily, Yong Liu, Robert D. Brewer, Dafna Kanny, Hua Lu, Clark H. Denny, Lina Balluz, Janet Collins

CDC analysed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) about patient-reported communication with a health professional about alcohol.

Authors: Amy O'Donnell, Peter Anderson, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Bernd Schulte, Christiane Schmidt, Jens Reimer and Eileen Kaner

As part of BISTAIRS, the aim of the study was to assess the cumulative evidence on the effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary healthcare in order to highlight key knowledge gaps for further research.