Ashley Phillips

Preprint · October 14, 2025 BACKGROUND: Harmful alcohol use is widespread in Tanzania, yet specialized resources to address this remain limited. This case series explores outcomes of three individuals who received a culturally-adapted brief intervention to reduce harmful alcohol use ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effectiveness of a Brief Negotiational Intervention and Text-Based Booster to Reduce Harmful and Hazardous Alcohol Use in the Emergency Department of a Low-Resource Setting: A Pragmatic Randomized Adaptive Clinical Trial in Moshi, Tanzania

Preprint · November 7, 2023 Background:Alcohol use contributes to over 3 million deaths annually. In Tanzania, similar to other low- and middle-income countries, there are no evidence-based culturally adapted interventions to address harmful alcohol use behaviors. We aim to determ ... Full text Cite

Translation and Adaptation of the Brief Negotiation Interview Adherence Scale for the Tanzanian Culture

Preprint · July 11, 2023 Background: Harmful or hazardous alcohol use is a grave public health problem, causing over 3.3 million deaths annually worldwide. A large number of patients who seek medical care at Emergency Department (ED) present alcohol-related injuries. The use of ... Full text Cite

Measuring and applying motivational constructs in a brief intervention for reducing harmful alcohol use in ED patients in Moshi, Tanzania (Preprint)

Preprint · December 15, 2021 BACKGROUNDSelf Determination Theory (SDT) conceptualizes human motivation in terms of a spectrum. However, literature is scarce on how to measure self-determination in different languages ... Full text Cite