Professor Simon Coulton
Professor of Health Services Research Phone: 01227 824535
Email: S.Coulton@kent.ac.uk
A large number of randomised controlled trials in health settings have consistently reported positive effects of brief intervention in terms of reductions in alcohol use. However, although alcohol misuse is common amongst offenders, there is limited evidence of alcohol brief interventions in the criminal justice field. This factorial pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial with Offender Managers (OMs) as the unit of randomisation will evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different models of screening to identify hazardous and harmful drinkers in probation and different intensities of brief intervention to reduce excessive drinking in probation clients.
Start date: 01/01/2008 End date: 31/08/2010
Funder: King's College London
Funding: £104,087
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