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Evaluation of a workplace brief intervention for excessive alcohol consumption: the workscreen project.
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It is indicated that a workplace-based lifestyle campaign can assist self-selected employees in reducing their alcohol consumption and there was a moderately high level of participation among those identified as drinking excessively, which supports the approach of embedding a low-intensity alcohol program within the context of a broader health promotion campaign.About:
This article is published in Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2000-01-01. It has received 67 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Brief intervention & Poison control.read more
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Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations
Eileen Kaner,Fiona Beyer,Colin Muirhead,Fiona Campbell,Elizabeth D Pienaar,Nicolas Bertholet,Jean B. Daeppen,John B. Saunders,Bernard Burnand +8 more
TL;DR: Brief interventions consistently produced reductions in alcohol consumption, and the effect was clear in men at one year of follow up, but unproven in women.
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Brief interventions for excessive drinkers in primary health care settings
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Alcohol in the European Union: Consumption, Harm and Policy Approaches
TL;DR: This report presents the latest literature overview of effective alcohol policies, and includes data from the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in the areas of alcohol consumption, harm and policy approaches.
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A systematic review of selected interventions for worksite health promotion: the assessment of health risks with feedback
Robin E. Soler,Kimberly D. Leeks,Sima Razi,David S. P. Hopkins,Matt Griffith,Adam Aten,Sajal Chattopadhyay,Susan C. Smith,Nancy Habarta,Ron Z. Goetzel,Nicolaas P. Pronk,Dennis E. Richling,Deborah R. Bauer,Leigh Ramsey Buchanan,Curtis S. Florence,Lisa M. Koonin,Debbie MacLean,Abby Rosenthal,Dyann Matson Koffman,James V. Grizzell,Andrew Walker +20 more
TL;DR: The results of these reviews indicate that AHRF is useful as a gateway intervention to a broader worksite health promotion program that includes health education lasting > or =1 hour or repeating multiple times during 1 year, and that may include an array of health promotion activities.
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Meta-analysis of the Effects of Health Promotion Intervention in the Workplace on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms
TL;DR: When the aim is to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in employee populations, a broad range of health promotion interventions appear to be effective, although the effect is small.
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The validity of self-reported alcohol consumption and alcohol problems: a literature review.
TL;DR: It is concluded that more emphasis should be placed on developing new ways to validate alcohol consumption and alcohol problems so that researchers can continue to refine their data collection techniques in order to maintain confidence in their findings.
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Assessing Alcohol Problems: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers
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Linda C. Sobell,Mark B. Sobell +1 more
TL;DR: This update reviews the literature on drinking measures published through mid-2001, presents new measures that met the inclusion criteria for this volume, and provides recommendations about what drinking measures to use and for what purpose.
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Development of a Questionnaire to Measure Alcohol Dependence
TL;DR: This paper is an interim report describing the development of a 15-item, self-completion questionnaire designed to measure Alcohol Dependence.
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Employee fitness and wellness programs in the workplace.
TL;DR: In general, fitness and wellness programs result in increased levels of fitness and a reduction in the risk factors for coronary heart disease.