Acceptability and feasibility of a computer-based application to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians describe their alcohol consumption

Lee, Kylie; Conigrave, James; Al Ansari, Mustafa; Wilson, Scott; Perry, Christopher; Zheng, Catherine; Freeburn, Bradley; Room, Robin; Callinan, Sarah; Hayman, Noel; Chikritzhs, Tanya; Slade, Tim; Gray, Dennis; Conigrave, Katherine M

doi:10.1080/15332640.2019.1579144

Acceptability and feasibility of a computer-based application to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians describe their alcohol consumption

journal contribution

posted on 2025-05-16, 06:08 authored by Kylie LeeKylie Lee, James ConigraveJames Conigrave, Mustafa Al AnsariMustafa Al Ansari, Scott WilsonScott Wilson, Christopher PerryChristopher Perry, Catherine Zheng, Bradley Freeburn, Robin RoomRobin Room, Sarah CallinanSarah Callinan, Noel HaymanNoel Hayman, Tanya Chikritzhs, Tim Slade, Dennis Gray, Katherine M Conigrave

We examined acceptability and feasibility of a tablet application (“App”) to record self-reported alcohol consumption among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Four communities (1 urban; 3 regional/remote) tested the App, with 246 adult participants (132 males, 114 females). The App collected (a) completion time; (b) participant feedback; (c) staff observations. Three research assistants were interviewed. Only six (1.4%) participants reported that the App was “hard” to use. Participants appeared to be engaged and to require minimal assistance; nearly half verbally reflected on their drinking or drinking of others. The App has potential for surveys, screening, or health promotion.

Funding

This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) through a Project Grant (#1087192), the Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol (#1117198), and a Practitioner Fellowship for K Conigrave (#1117582). Chikritzhs and Gray are supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvement Grants Fund. Room and Callinan are supported by funding from the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) and the Australian Research Council (for Callinan, DE180100016).

History

Publication Date

2021-03-01

Journal

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volume

20

Issue

1

Pagination

18p. (p. 16-33)

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1533-2640

Rights Statement

© 2019 Taylor & Francis This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. Lee, K. K., Conigrave, J. H., Al Ansari, M., Wilson, S., Perry, J., Zheng, C., … Conigrave, K. M. (2019). Acceptability and feasibility of a computer-based application to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians describe their alcohol consumption. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 20(1), 16–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2019.1579144. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.