Introduction
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ADVERSE EFFECTS, RECRUITMENT, DISORDERS
Alcohol use is associated with 3 million deaths annually [Treatment of alcohol use disorders in LMICs, where it exists, has been focused on long-term residential treatment centers with limited overall efficacy and no evidence for moderate alcohol users with harmful or hazardous drinking [A recent Cochrane review demonstrated moderate evidence that brief interventions (BI) can reduce alcohol consumption in primary care or emergency care settings for harmful and hazardous drinkers with no adverse effects, while longer interventions had little additional effect [BNIs could be incredibly useful treatments in low-resource settings, but the current optimal implementation strategy for the African injury population is unknown. BI studies in Africa have reported a range of effectiveness and are focused around specific subsets of the population [“Punguza Pombe Kwa Afya Yako” (PPKAY)/ “Reduce Alcohol for Your Health” is a BNI created and piloted at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. PPKAY was based upon US-based BNI standards [This study aims to assess the feasibility of our future PRACT at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. Feasibility outcomes include recruitment rates, retention rates and acceptability of the intervention. The RE-AIM framework was used to report recruitment and retention rates, adoption and acceptability, uptake by clinical staff, implementation processes, and sustainability of the intervention [