Lee, Ks Kylie

Conigrave, James H

Dale, Elizabeth

Conigrave, Katherine M

Dzidowska, Monika

Reynolds, Taleah

Wilson, Scott

Perry, Jimmy

Manton, Danielle

Lee, Alex

Hayman, Noel

Zheng, Catherine

Fitts, Michelle

Wilson, Dan

Dawson, Angela

2024-10-24

The Grog Survey App is a validated, visual and interactive self-administered application for tablet computers that is designed to help Aboriginal Australians describe their alcohol consumption. Each person who completes the App also receives a brief intervention with feedback tailored to their survey responses. We aimed to qualitatively assess the acceptability and perceived quality of the Grog App's brief intervention, among higher risk consumers and health providers at an Aboriginal residential rehabilitation centre.This descriptive qualitative study analysed feedback from clients (n = 20) and staff (n = 10) of a drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation service on the brief intervention element of the Grog App. Data were collected face-to-face via semi-structured interviews over four consecutive weeks between May and June 2021. A content analysis was conducted, which was informed by the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS).Client and staff feedback is summarised using four themes from the MARS framework: (i) aesthetics; (ii) engagement; (iii) functionality; and (iv) information. Most clients and staff felt like health messages on the brief intervention were written by 'someone who understands'. Overall, clients and staff described the brief intervention as visually appealing, engaging and likely able to elicit 'lightbulb moments'.The brief intervention on the Grog App is unique in its provision of tailored advice based on survey responses to all individuals (i.e., those who do not drink through to those with likely dependence). Further research is needed to assess effectiveness of this brief intervention.

Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

The Edith Collins Centre (Translation Research in Alcohol, Drugs and Toxicology), Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.

Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

National Drug Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.

The Edith Collins Centre (Translation Research in Alcohol, Drugs and Toxicology), Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.

Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Drug Health Services, Sydney, Australia.

Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

The Glen Group, Ngaimpe Aboriginal Corporation, Gosford, Australia.

The Glen Group, Ngaimpe Aboriginal Corporation, Gosford, Australia.

Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care (Inala Indigenous Health Service), Brisbane, Australia.

School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs, Australia.

Alice Springs Hospital, NT Health, Alice Springs, Australia.

Australian Centre for Public and Population Health Research, Faculty of Health University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Drug Alcohol Rev . 2024 Oct 24. doi: 10.1111/dar.13964. Online ahead of print.

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0000-0002-8816-6229

0000-0002-0778-5571

0000-0002-6428-1441

0000-0003-1612-8466

0000-0003-2839-5430

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39449109/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/13756

Aboriginal

Grog Survey App

Torres Strait Islander

alcohol

brief intervention

Acceptability and quality of the 'Grog Survey App' brief intervention: Helping Aboriginal Australians reflect on their drinking using a digital health tool.

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