PMID- 17118812
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070213
LR  - 20071115
IS  - 1082-6084 (Print)
IS  - 1082-6084 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 13
DP  - 2006
TI  - Focus on secondary prevention: implications of a study on intervention in social 
      networks.
PG  - 1719-33
AB  - Screening and brief intervention (SBI) as a method within secondary prevention of 
      alcohol use-related problems has experienced enormous attention and interest over 
      the past 20 years. Initial results were very promising and great effort was put 
      into designing screening instruments and developing different kinds of 
      interventions. However, at the same time, the approach has generated problems in 
      its own right. Some of these problems relate to standardization of instruments 
      and some to criteria of inclusion into samples; others relate to the focus on the 
      individual drinking style independent from social influences. In light of these 
      problems, it is necessary to elaborate on the theoretical foundation, as well as 
      on the methods used in SBI. This article introduces a method for intervening in 
      social networks with important implications for SBI. By putting emphasis on the 
      motivational part of SBI and including social networks in the field of 
      intervention, it may be assumed that the approach will produce better results 
      than heretofore. The results from a Danish qualitative study on intervening into 
      the social network of social drinkers are presented. This study was carried out 
      between 1991 and 1999 and involved 13 adult Danes between 35 and 45 years of age. 
      They all had a weekly alcohol consumption of 120 to 360 g of pure alcohol and 
      they all considered themselves to be social drinkers. The results of this study 
      show that enhanced awareness of the person's own drinking, as well as that of 
      peers, may influence decisions about specific drinking situations. These findings 
      and the perspectives for SBI are discussed. Recommendations for further research 
      are also presented.
FAU - Nygaard, Peter
AU  - Nygaard P
AD  - Prevention Research Center, Berkeley, California 94704, USA. pnygaard@prev.org
LA  - eng
GR  - AA014381-01A1/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Subst Use Misuse
JT  - Substance use & misuse
JID - 9602153
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Alcohol Drinking
MH  - Denmark
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interviews as Topic
MH  - Male
MH  - *Social Support
EDAT- 2006/11/23 09:00
MHDA- 2007/02/14 09:00
CRDT- 2006/11/23 09:00
PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/02/14 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [entrez]
AID - K2306J62121UG332 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/10826080601006391 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Subst Use Misuse. 2006;41(13):1719-33. doi: 10.1080/10826080601006391.