# PRACT: A Pragmatic Randomized Adaptive Clinical Trial to Investigate Controlling Alcohol related harms in a Low-Income Setting; Emergency Department Brief Interventions in Tanzania

> **NIH NIH R01** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $623,752

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Alcohol use is rapidly increasing in low- and middle-income countries, where it is inexpensive, readily available,
poorly regulated, and there are few resources devoted to promoting safe alcohol use. Like many other limited
resource settings, there are no treatment facilities or addiction practitioners in the Kilimanjaro region of
Tanzania. For many in this setting, they only seek care after an emergency like an acute injury. From our
preliminary work, we have seen that 30% of injury patients presenting for care in the Emergency Department
report excess alcohol use and are at risk of a repeat injury. A Brief Intervention based on a motivational
interviewing framework has been shown to reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related harms. We have translated
and adapted a Brief Intervention for alcohol to the Tanzanian context and Swahili language called “Punguza
Pombe Kwa Afya Yako (PPKAY)/ Reduce Alcohol for Your Health.” This project will evaluate this
intervention in injury patients presenting for care at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi,
Tanzania. By using innovative adaptive clinical trial methods, we will expedite the development of the most
effective way to integrate this intervention into clinical care. By the end of this project, we will have identified
the most effective brief intervention components and be able to characterize the intervention’s effect overall.
Additionally, we will standardize adaptive trial methods to revolutionize the science of clinical trials for
behavioral sciences in low-resource settings.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10768580
- **Project number:** 5R01AA027512-05
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Catherine Ann Staton
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $623,752
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-02-11 → 2026-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10768580

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10768580, PRACT: A Pragmatic Randomized Adaptive Clinical Trial to Investigate Controlling Alcohol related harms in a Low-Income Setting; Emergency Department Brief Interventions in Tanzania (5R01AA027512-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10768580. Licensed CC0.

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