Alcohol SBI Research Conference

描述(由申请人提供)：酒精筛查和短暂干预(SBI)是最有效和最具成本效益的普遍推荐的预防性卫生服务之一。在美国，不健康的饮酒很常见，也是可预防的死亡的主要原因。尽管有明确的证据证明了酒精的有效性，但关于酒精的研究仍然存在许多问题。来自不同专业背景的酒精印度研究人员在美国没有论坛来分享研究想法和传播他们的工作。因此，计划于2011年9月23日至24日在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行酒精SBI研究会议。这次会议将首次在美国主办国际酒精问题短期干预网络(INEBRIA)第8届年会。INEBRIA是唯一一个专注于履行机构研究的专业团体。INEBRIA的目标包括分享酒精简短干预领域的研究结果，将酒精履行机构的证据转化为实践，研究和确定履行机构的最佳做法，查明酒精履行机构领域研究的差距和需求，促进国际研究合作，并为该领域的研究制定标准。INEBRIA的目的是将履行机构的研究纳入预防和减少与酒精有关的伤害的更广泛的措施范围内。INEBRIA酒精履行机构研究会议的目标是促进制定和传播与酒精筛查和短暂干预有关的研究，特别注重实施和可持续性。会议将：1.交流和传播a)关于酒精履行机构尚未得到解答的研究问题的新发现；b)现有酒精履行机构研究的主体；以及c)与酒精履行机构执行和可持续性有关的研究方法和结果。2.加强美国和世界各地的酒精印度研究人员之间的合作。3.让初级研究人员参与酒精SBI研究，为他们的工作提供出口，并提供指导机会。会议筹划委员会已经召开。为期两天的会议将包括大型小组全体会议、研究摘要报告和研讨会，以及研究报告的海报会议。摘要将全部是关于酒精SBI的研究，由会议科学委员会进行同行评审。会议提出了以下全体会议议题：履行机构的研究需要什么；退伍军人事务部医疗中心的广泛实施；执行和可持续性挑战及解决办法；履行机构在不同背景下的有效性；以及履行机构的基本和非必要组成部分。酒精SBI研究会议将在马萨诸塞州波士顿的SBI研究中心召集不同的研究人员，进行为期两天的研究陈述和讨论。会议将分享众多尖端的酒精研究想法，并在全球范围内传播这些想法，提供一个独特的机会，推动该领域的发展，并最终通过解决通过筛查和简短干预减少不健康酒精使用的方法来改善公众的健康。 与公共健康相关：在美国，大约30%的成年人使用不健康的酒精，这是可预防的发病率和死亡的主要原因。筛查和短暂干预是一种有效的方法，但效果不大，而且没有广泛传播。拟议的酒精筛查和短暂干预研究会议将为领先的研究人员和从业者提供一个论坛，让他们齐聚一堂，分享最新的研究成果，并激发新的研究想法，以改进对不健康饮酒者的筛查和简短干预方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is one of the most effective and cost-effective universally recommended preventive health services. Unhealthy alcohol use is common, and a leading cause of preventable death in the US. Despite clear evidence for efficacy, numerous research questions remain regarding alcohol SBI. Alcohol SBI researchers from diverse professional background have no forum in which to share research ideas and disseminate their work in the US. As a result, an Alcohol SBI Research conference is planned for Boston, MA, for September 23 - 24, 2011. This conference will host the 8th annual meeting of the International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems (INEBRIA) for the first time in the US. INEBRIA is the only professional group focused on SBI research. INEBRIA's goals include sharing research findings in the area of alcohol brief interventions, to translate evidence for alcohol SBI into practice, to study and identify best SBI practices, to identify gaps and needs for research in the field of alcohol SBI, to promote international research cooperation, and to set standards for research in the field. INEBRIA aims to integrate the study of SBI within the wider context of measures to prevent and reduce alcohol related harm. The goal of the INEBRIA Alcohol SBI Research conference is to foster the development of, and to disseminate research relevant to alcohol screening and brief intervention, with a particular focus on implementation and sustainability. The conference will: 1. communicate and disseminate a) new findings about research questions that remain unanswered regarding alcohol SBI; b) the body of existing alcohol SBI research; and c) research methods and results relevant to alcohol SBI implementation and sustainability. 2. Increase collaboration among alcohol SBI researchers across the US and worldwide. 3. Engage junior researchers in alcohol SBI research with an outlet for their work and with mentoring opportunities. Conference planning committees have been convened. The 2 day meeting will include large group plenary sessions, research abstract presentations and workshops, and a poster session for research presentations. Abstracts will all be research on alcohol SBI, peer reviewed by the conference scientific committee. The following plenary topics have been proposed for the conference: what SBI research is needed, widespread implementation at Veterans Affairs medical centers, implementation and sustainability challenges and solutions, SBI effectiveness in different contexts, and essential and nonessential ingredients of SBI. The Alcohol SBI Research Conference will convene a diverse group of researchers in an epicenter of SBI research, Boston, Massachusetts, for two days of research presentations and discussion. The conference will result in sharing numerous cutting edge alcohol SBI research ideas and dissemination of these ideas worldwide, providing a unique opportunity to advance the field, and ultimately to improve the health of the public by addressing the ways to reduce unhealthy alcohol use through screening and brief intervention. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Approximately 30% of adults in the US have unhealthy alcohol use, which is a leading cause of preventable morbidity and death. Screening and brief intervention is an efficacious approach but its effects are modest, and it isn't widely disseminated. The proposed Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Research Conference will provide a forum for leading researchers and practitioners to come together and share the latest research results and stimulate new research ideas to improve screening and brief intervention approaches for people with unhealthy alcohol use.