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      Intervenção Breve para Redução do Consumo de Álcool e suas Consequências em Estudantes Universitários Brasileiros Translated title: Brief Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption and its Consequences in Brazilian University Students

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          ResumoO aumento do consumo de álcool entre universitários tem gerado preocupações nos estudiosos da área que buscam intervenções preventivas eficazes à diminuição desse consumo. Este estudo avaliou o padrão de consumo de álcool e suas consequências, antes e após a aplicação da intervenção BASICS (Brief Alcohol Screnning and Intervention for College Students) em uma amostra de universitários brasileiros, sendo em sua maioria estudantes do sexo feminino (53,1%) e da faixa etária de 18 a 24 anos (84,4%). Foram utilizados os instrumentos The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) e o Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index(RAPI) para caracterização do consumo de álcool e levantamento de suas consequências. Os que pontuaram acima de oito no AUDIT foram convidados a participar de um grupo experimental ou controle. A análise dos dados revelou que não houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre os grupos após a intervenção. Em ambos os grupos houve: diminuição das doses consumidas, menos prática de binge drinking e redução de algumas das consequências negativas. Tal resultado indica uma importante contribuição na área e sugere que o levantamento do padrão de consumo de álcool e o seu respectivo feedbackpode gerar efeitos positivos na diminuição do consumo de álcool, assim como das suas consequências entre estudantes universitários.

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          AbstractThe increase in alcohol consumption among college students has increased concerns among researchers seeking effective preventive interventions to decrease their consumption. This study assessed the pattern of alcohol consumption and its consequences before and after applying the BASICS intervention (Brief Alcohol Screnning and Intervention for College Students) in a sample of Brazilian university, with mostly female students (53.1%) aged between 18 and 24 years (84.4%). The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI) tools were used to characterize alcohol consumption and its consequences. Those who scored above eight on the AUDIT were invited to participate in an experimental or control group. Data analysis revealed no statistically significant difference between groups. In both groups there were: a decrease in used dosages, less practice of binge drinking, and decrease in some negative consequences. This result indicates an important contribution in the area and suggests that the screening of alcohol consumption pattern and its respective feedback can generate positive effects in the reduction of alcohol consumption, as well as its consequences among college students.

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            Towards the assessment of adolescent problem drinking.

            Longitudinal data were obtained from a nonclinical sample of 1,308 male and female adolescents covering the age range from 12 to 21. Factor analyses of 52 symptoms and/or consequences of alcohol use yielded three problem dimensions. In addition, a unidimensional, 23-item scale (the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index, RAPI) was constructed with an internal consistency of .92. Correlations between RAPI and alcohol-use intensity were moderately strong for all age groups at each test occasion (ranging from .20 to .57), yet low enough to suggest that identification of problem drinkers requires both types of measures. The results suggest that the RAPI may be a useful tool for the standardized and efficient assessment of problem drinking during adolescence.
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              Alcohol screening and brief intervention: dissemination strategies for medical practice and public health.

              This paper introduces the concept of risky drinking and considers the potential of alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) to reduce alcohol-related problems in medical practice and in organized systems of health care. The research evidence behind this approach is reviewed. Potential strategies for the dissemination of SBI to systems of health care are then discussed within the context of a public health model of clinical preventive services. There is an emerging consensus that SBI should be promoted in general healthcare settings, but further research is needed to determine the best ways to achieve widespread dissemination. In an attempt to provide an integrative model that is relevant to SBI, dissemination strategies are discussed for three target groups: (1) individual patients and practitioners; (2) health care settings and health systems; and (3) the communities and the general population. Dissemination strategies are considered from the fields of social change, social science, commercial marketing and education in terms of their potential for translating SBI innovations into routine clinical practice. One overarching strategy implicit in the approaches reviewed in this article is to embed alcohol SBI in the more general context of preventive health services, the utility of which is becoming increasingly recognized as a critical supplement to more traditional clinical medicine.
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                Contributors
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                Journal
                prc
                Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
                Psicol. Reflex. Crit.
                Curso de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre )
                0102-7972
                December 2015
                : 28
                : 4
                : 728-736
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal de São Paulo Brazil
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                S0102-79722015000400011
                10.1590/1678-7153.201528410
                ccced353-f9b8-4680-a4cc-af08fb20e557

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Estudantes universitários,abuso de álcool,intervenção precoce,prevenção,College students,alcohol abuse,early intervention,prevention

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