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Kimberly
Walton, Ph.D.
Principal
Investigator, Alcohol
Research Center
kwalton@howard.edu
ABSTRACT
Alcohol
abuse
is associated
with
injury,
chronic
illness,
absenteeism
from
work,
and
social costs
to family
and
communities.
The
broad, long-term
objective
of this
project
is to
translate
motivational
intervention
successful
in other
medical
disciplines
into
the community
primary
care setting.
This
pilot
research
and
our
long term
goals are
timely.
The National
Committee
for
Quality
Assurance
(NCQA),
the
nonprofit
organization
that
accredits
managed
care
organizations and
developer
of
the
leading
tool
to
measure
health
care
value
and
improve
quality-
Health
Plan
Employer
Data
and
Information
Set
(HEDIS)
-recently
announced
that
it
will
begin
to
measure
performance
in
treating
alcohol
problems.
The
piloted
research
activities
will
serve
as
a model
infrastructure
on
which
to
implement
effective
alcohol
screening
and
interventions
at
the
primary
care
level.
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