Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.
AXESS Sexual Health, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Syst Rev. 2021 Mar 29;10(1):88. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01642-4.
Harmful alcohol use is a leading risk to the health of populations worldwide. Within Africa, where most consumers are adolescents, alcohol use represents a key public health challenge. Interventions to prevent or substantially delay alcohol uptake and decrease alcohol consumption in adolescence could significantly decrease morbidity and mortality, through both immediate effects and future improved adult outcomes. In Africa, these interventions are urgently needed; however, key data necessary to develop them are lacking as most evidence to date relates to high-income countries. The purpose of this review is to examine and map the range of interventions in use and create an evidence base for future research in this area.
In the first instance, we will conduct a review of systematic reviews relevant to global adolescent alcohol interventions. We will search the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL, Web of Science, Global Health and PubMed using a broad search. In the second instance we will conduct a scoping review by drawing on the methodological framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. We will search for all study designs and grey literature using the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL, Web of Science and Global Health, Google searches and searches in websites of relevant professional bodies and charities. An iterative approach to charting, collating, summarising and reporting the data will be taken, with the development of charting forms and the final presentation of results led by the extracted data. In both instances, the inclusion and exclusion criteria have been pre-defined, and two reviewers will independently screen abstracts and full text to determine eligibility of articles.
It is anticipated that our findings will map intervention strategies aiming to reduce adolescent alcohol consumption in Africa. These findings are likely to be useful in informing future research, policy and public health strategies. Findings will be disseminated widely through peer-reviewed publication and in various media, for example, conferences, congresses or symposia.
This protocol was submitted to the Open Science Framework on May 03, 2021. www.osf.io/qnvba.
有害饮酒是全球人口健康的主要风险因素。在非洲，大多数饮酒者是青少年，饮酒是一个主要的公共卫生挑战。在非洲，青少年时期预防或大大延迟饮酒和减少饮酒的干预措施可能会通过直接影响和未来改善成人结果，显著降低发病率和死亡率。在非洲，非常需要这些干预措施；然而，由于迄今为止的大多数证据都与高收入国家有关，因此缺乏制定这些干预措施所需的关键数据。本综述的目的是检查和绘制目前使用的干预措施范围，并为该领域的未来研究创建一个证据基础。
首先，我们将对全球青少年饮酒干预措施的系统综述进行综述。我们将使用广泛的搜索在 Cochrane 系统评价数据库、MEDLINE（Ovid）、CINAHL、Web of Science 和 PubMed 中进行搜索。其次，我们将借鉴 Arksey 和 O'Malley 提出的方法学框架进行范围综述。我们将使用 Cochrane 系统评价数据库、MEDLINE（Ovid）、CINAHL、Web of Science 和 Global Health 进行所有研究设计和灰色文献搜索，并使用 Google 搜索以及相关专业机构和慈善机构的网站搜索。将采用图表、整理、总结和报告数据的迭代方法，由提取的数据制定图表表格和最终结果呈现。在这两种情况下，纳入和排除标准都已经预先定义，两名审查员将独立筛选摘要和全文，以确定文章的资格。
预计我们的研究结果将绘制旨在减少非洲青少年饮酒的干预策略图。这些发现可能有助于为未来的研究、政策和公共卫生策略提供信息。研究结果将通过同行评议的出版物和各种媒体广泛传播，例如会议、大会或研讨会。
本方案于 2021 年 5 月 3 日提交给开放科学框架。www.osf.io/qnvba。
