Trial reportAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)2016
Brief Intervention in the Emergency Department Among Mexican-Origin Young Adults at the US-Mexico Border: Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Using Promotores.
Trial report in Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02056535 (Screening and Brief Intervention in the ED Among Mexican-origin Young Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Screening and Brief Intervention in the ED Among Mexican-origin Young Adults
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Vida PURA: results from a pilot randomized trial of a culturally adapted screening and brief intervention to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among Latino day laborers.Translational behavioral medicine · 2019Trial
- Differences by gender at twelve months in a brief intervention trial among Mexican-origin young adults in the emergency department.Journal of ethnicity in substance abuseTrial
- Vida PURA: An assessment of the fidelity of promotor-delivered screening and brief intervention to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among Latino day laborers.Journal of ethnicity in substance abuseTrial
- Barbershop talk: a hybrid-2 trial examining the effectiveness of a barbershop-placed screening, brief intervention, and referral (SBIRT) intervention.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Navigating Substance Use Care in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026Review
- Alcohol Feedback, Reflection, and Morning Evaluation (A-FRAME): Refining and testing feasibility and acceptability of a smartphone-delivered alcohol intervention for heavy-drinking young adults.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Delivering health care education and information about excessive alcohol consumption and risks of alcohol-associated liver disease.Clinical liver disease · 2023Article
- What is the volume, diversity and nature of recent, robust evidence for the use of peer support in health and social care? An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Preparing Mexican-Origin Community Health Advocates (Promotores) to Conduct SBIRT for Problem Drinking in the Emergency Room.Pedagogy in health promotion · 2018Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
aimsA randomized controlled trial of brief intervention (BI), for drinking and related problems, using peer health promotion advocates (promotores), was conducted among at-risk and alcohol-dependent Mexican-origin young adult emergency department (ED) patients, aged 18-30.
methodsSix hundred and ninety-eight patients were randomized to: screened only (n = 78), assessed (n = 310) and intervention (n = 310). Primary outcomes were at-risk drinking and Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen (RAPS4) scores. Secondary outcomes were drinking days per week, drinks per drinking day, maximum drinks in a day and negative consequences of drinking.
resultsAt 3- and 12-month follow-up the intervention condition showed significantly lower values or trends on all outcome variables compared to the assessed condition, with the exception of the RAPS4 score; e.g. at-risk drinking days dropped from 2.9 to 1.7 at 3 months for the assessed condition and from 3.2 to 1.2 for the intervention condition. Using random effects modeling controlling for demographics and baseline values, the intervention condition showed significantly greater improvement in all consumption measures at 12 months, but not in the RAPS4 or negative consequences of drinking. Improvements in outcomes were significantly more evident for non-injured patients, those reporting drinking prior to the event, and those lower on risk taking disposition.
conclusionsAt 12-month follow-up this study demonstrated significantly improved drinking outcomes for Mexican-origin young adults in the ED who received a BI delivered by promotores compared to those who did not. TRIAL REGISTER: ClinicalTrials.gov. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02056535.
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