Effectiveness of the YourCall™ text message intervention to reduce harmful drinking in patients discharged from trauma wards: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Effectiveness of the YourCall™ text message intervention to reduce harmful drinking in patients discharged from trauma wards: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background Behavioural brief interventions (BI) can support people to reduce harmful drinking but multiple barriers impede the delivery and equitable access to these. To address this challenge, we developed YourCall™, a novel short message service (SMS) text message intervention incorporati...

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Main Authors: Shanthi Ameratunga, Bridget Kool, Sarah Sharpe, Papaarangi Reid, Arier Lee, Ian Civil, Gordon Smith, Vanessa Thornton, Matthew Walker, Robyn Whittaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-01-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Alcohol use
Text messaging
Wounds and injuries
Brief intervention
Motivational interviewing
Trauma centers
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3967-z

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