Increasing Knowledge of Alcohol as a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer Among Women Attending Breast Screening Services

Summary

Alcohol is a major modifiable risk factor for breast cancer in women, yet this is not widely understood by health practitioners or policy makers, let alone the general population. The investigators aim to test the effects of a targeted alcohol and lifestyle brief intervention for women attending breast screening services, to improve knowledge of alcohol as a risk factor for breast cancer and reduce harmful alcohol use.

Conditions

• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Alcohol Consumption

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

alcohol brief intervention

Nested within the lifestyle health promotion provided in both conditions, participants randomised to the experimental condition will receive an alcohol brief intervention. The strong evidence-base for alcohol brief intervention, amplified by Co-Investigators' Smith and Bragge's (BehaviourWorks) approaches to applied behaviour change, has provided the framework for the development of the alcohol brief intervention used in this study. This intervention comprises personalised feedback on alcohol consumption levels, comparison to gender/age drinking norms, and information and behaviour-change content regarding alcohol consumption (i.e. negative-framed messaging around alcohol risks and harms, positive-framed messaging on the health benefits of reducing alcohol intake, alcohol harm reduction strategies).

BEHAVIORAL

lifestyle health promotion

Lifestyle health promotion specific to physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight, developed to be relevant to women attending breast screening services, will be provided.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eastern Health

  collaborator OTHER

• Monash University

  collaborator OTHER

• Turning Point

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Dan I Lubman · Turning Point, Eastern Health; Monash University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

40 Years

Max Age

74 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-02-05

Primary Completion

2021-10-13

Completion

2021-12-02

Countries

• Australia

Study Locations