AlcoholScreening.org Expands to Help Drinkers Assess Risk and Change Behavior
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May 28, 2010
Since 2001, AlcoholScreening.org, an online assessment tool, has helped 1.3 million people across the United States take stock of their alcohol consumption to understand if they practice unhealthy drinking patterns.
In April, the site was relaunched with expanded intervention tools that not only help drinkers identify unhealthy drinking patterns but assist them in developing a personal action plan to change their behavior.
“Millions of Americans are concerned about if and how their own drinking may be affecting their health,” said David Rosenbloom, director of Join Together, a program of Boston University School of Public Health that supports community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and other drug prevention policy, prevention, and treatment.
“AlcoholScreening.org answers the question, ‘How much is too much?’ We believe this new version will have even broader appeal because it will help people take action in their own lives.”
Originally, the AlcoholScreening.org site asked questions that allowed users to assess their own consumption behavior and pointed out potential health problems of heavy drinking. Now, the site has been enhanced and expanded using screening and intervention techniques that have been proven to work in clinical settings to help people make adjustments in their behavior and to get on a new track.
For more information and to take a free screening, visit www.AlcoholScreening.org.