Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse

Release Date: April 2004

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

Summary of Recommendation

• The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening and behavioral counseling interventions to reduce alcohol misuse (go to Clinical Considerations) by adults, including pregnant women, in primary care settings.
  Grade: B Recommendation.
• The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against screening and behavioral counseling interventions to prevent or reduce alcohol misuse by adolescents in primary care settings.
  Grade: I Statement.

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Supporting Documents

Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse, April 2004
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB; PDF Help)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 418 KB; PDF Help)
Systematic Evidence Review
What's New from the USPSTF (PDF File, 243 KB; PDF Help)

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Current as of April 2004

Internet Citation:

Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse, Topic Page. April 2004. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsdrin.htm