Megan A O'Grady, Jennifer Mootz, Antonio Suleman, Annika Sweetland, Eugénia Teodoro, Anibal Anube, Paulino Feliciano, Charl Bezuidenhout, Palmira Fortunato Dos Santos, Wilza Fumo, Lidia Gouveia, Ilana Pinsky, Milena Mello, Bianca Kann, Milton L Wainberg
INTRODUCTION: Unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) is a major public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Mozambique is the fourth poorest country in the world where half of the population lives below the poverty line. UAU is frequent among drinkers in Mozambique; however, resources and infrastructure to treat UAU are very limited. This paper examines how task-shifting and a provider-facing mobile health application are being used to improve access to care. In this paper, the feasibility, acceptability and appropriateness of a provider-facing mobile health application being used under a task-shifting model to identify UAU and provide a four-session brief motivational interviewing intervention are described...
June 24, 2021: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment