Interventions for adolescent alcohol consumption in Africa: protocol for a scoping review including an overview of reviews

Biggane, Alice, Briegal, Eleanor and Obasi, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-8889 (2021) 'Interventions for adolescent alcohol consumption in Africa: protocol for a scoping review including an overview of reviews'. Systematic Reviews, Vol 10, Issue 1, p. 88.

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Abstract

Background: 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.
Methods: 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.
Discussion: 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.
Protocol Registration: This protocol was submitted to the Open Science Framework on May 03, 2021. www.osf.io/qnvba
Keywords: Scoping review, Alcohol use interventions, Africa, Adolescents

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WM Psychiatry > WM 100 General works WS Pediatrics > By Age Groups > WS 460 Adolescence (General)
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01642-4
Depositing User:	Rachel Dominguez
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2021 09:08
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2021 09:08
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/18122

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