An Electronic Brief Alcohol Intervention for Women Attending a Breast Screening Service (Health4Her)

Summary

Alcohol is a major modifiable risk factor for female breast cancer; yet, awareness of this risk remains surprisingly low and is not systematically addressed in healthcare settings. This study aim to test the effectiveness of a co-designed, automated brief alcohol intervention (Health4Her-Automated) in reducing women's drinking intentions, improving alcohol literacy, and reducing consumption.

Conditions

• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief alcohol intervention (Health4Her-Automated)

Embedded within the lifestyle health promotion provided in both conditions, participants randomised to the experimental condition will receive a brief alcohol intervention. The brief alcohol intervention will comprise information and behaviour-change content regarding alcohol consumption, including: messaging around alcohol risks/harms (with a focus on alcohol use and breast cancer risk), positive-framed messaging on the health benefits of reducing alcohol intake, and alcohol harm-reduction / behaviour change strategies (e.g. drink counting, goal setting, behaviour substitution, problem solving). Post-session information will be provided via email (i.e. electronic brochure summarising brief alcohol intervention content).

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle health promotion

Lifestyle health promotion, focused on physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight for reducing breast cancer risk, will be provided. Post-session information will be provided via email (i.e. electronic brochure summarising nutrition for maintaining a healthy weight).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Monash University

  collaborator OTHER

• Eastern Health

  collaborator OTHER

• BreastScreen Victoria

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Lifepool

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Shades of Pink

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Turning Point

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jasmin Grigg, PhD · Turning Point, Eastern Health; Monash University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

40 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-09-01

Primary Completion

2023-10-06

Completion

2023-12-01

Countries

• Australia

Study Locations