Screening, Diagnosis, and Management of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorders at Bwindi Community Hospital, Uganda

Frontiers in Public Health

Yusufu Kuule¹ 

关键词: alcohol screening;    alcoholics anonymous;    detoxification;    mental health;    operational research;    SORT IT;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2018.00148

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: The harmful use of alcohol is a growing global public health concern, with Sub-Saharan Africa at particular risk. A large proportion of adults in Uganda consume alcohol and the country has a high prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUD), almost double that for the African region as a whole. Bwindi Community Hospital, in rural western Uganda, recently introduced a program of screening, diagnosis and management of AUD and we assessed how this worked.

【 授权许可】

CC BY