ReviewThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners1998
Tackling alcohol misuse: opportunities and obstacles in primary care.
Review in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Changes in receptionists' attitudes towards involvement in a general practice-based trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2000Trial
- Integrating prevention into primary care organizations: a case study in France.BMC primary care · 2025Article
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- Alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge: a retrospective cohort study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2018Article
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- Preventable hospitalizations among adult Medicaid beneficiaries with concurrent substance use disorders.Preventive medicine reports · 2015Article
- Alcohol consumption screening of newly-registered patients in primary care: a cross-sectional analysis.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2013Article
- Alcohol and primary care--will an emphasis upon harm reduction engage general practitioners?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2003Article
- Trust, performance management and the new GP contract.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2003Article
- Screening properties of questionnaires and laboratory tests for the detection of alcohol abuse or dependence in a general practice population.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2001Article
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3 authors.
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Abstract
Alcohol misuse is a major public health issue. Primary care has been recognized as an ideal setting for the health promotional activity needed to reduce the general population's alcohol consumption. This paper explores the background to the current belief that primary care is suitable for this work by examining the evidence of the potentially successful interventions the general practitioner (GP) can undertake with alcohol misusing patients, GPs' attitudes towards this work, and the impediments that exist. Computer searches of the MEDLINE database up to 1997 and a manual literature search of the bibliographies of published papers that were identified as relevant were carried out. Research points to GP interventions being effective, but it also provides evidence of their negative attitudes. It concludes that more training and support from local services are needed if primary care is to meet its rich potential.
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