Effectiveness of the YourCall™ text message intervention to reduce harmful drinking in patients discharged from trauma wards: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Shanthi Ameratunga (Author), Bridget Kool (Author), Sarah Sharpe (Author), Papaarangi Reid (Author), Arier Lee (Author), Ian Civil (Author), Gordon Smith (Author), Vanessa Thornton (Author), Matthew Walker (Author), Robyn Whittaker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Behavioural brief interventions (BI) can support people to reduce harmful drinking but multiple barriers impede the delivery and equitable access to these. To address this challenge, we developed YourCall™, a novel short message service (SMS) text message intervention incorporati...