Trial reportSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2015
Results of a cluster randomised controlled trial to reduce risky use of alcohol, alcohol-related HIV risks and improve help-seeking behaviour among safety and security employees in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Trial report in Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions to reduce harmful alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Patient-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-summary.PLoS medicine · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of the efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of workplace-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of problematic substance use.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of interventions for reducing heavy episodic drinking in sub-Saharan African settings.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace-based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing HIV Infections Through Screening and Treating Alcohol Use and Depression in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Mathematical Modeling Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2026Article
- Cost-effectiveness of screening and treating alcohol use and depression among people living with HIV in Zimbabwe: a mathematical modeling study.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Workplace-Based Interventions for Mental Health in Africa: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Gender and Context Matter: Behavioral and Structural Interventions for People Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs in Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Alcohol use and intimate partner violence in HIV-uninfected pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa.AIDS care · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the effectiveness of a programme aimed at reducing the risky use of alcohol and alcohol-related HIV risk and increase help-seeking behaviour among a sample of municipal employees in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
methodsA clustered randomised controlled trial was conducted in 2011-2012 among 325 employees. The eight hour intervention, Team Awareness (TA), addressing behavioural risk among employees was administered to 168 employees in the intervention arm and the 157 employees in the control arm who received a one-hour wellness talk.
resultsThe results show that TA had the greatest impact on risky drinking practices and hangover effects. There was a significant group × time interaction (F (1, 117) = 25.16, p<0.0001) with participants in the intervention condition reducing number of days on which they engaged in binge drinking. There was also a significant time effect with participants in the intervention condition reducing the likelihood of going to work with a hangover (F (1,117) = 4.10, p=0.045). No reduction in HIV-related risk behaviours were found.
conclusionsThis intervention study was able to demonstrate a modest but significant reduction in risky drinking practices and hangover effects. This provides encouraging evidence for the effectiveness of interventions that address risky use of alcohol among employed persons, further providing a launch pad for strengthening and replicating future RCT studies on workplace prevention, especially in developing country settings. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Pan-African Control Trial Registry (201301000458308) .
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