1. INEBRIA 2009: Breaking New Ground
Trevor van Mierlo1, 2
Telmo Ronzani3
Isabel Weiss3
Lucas Figueroa4
Breanne John 1
John Cunningham5
1 Evolution Health Systems Inc.
2 University of Toronto MScCH Candidate
3 Universidade Federal do Juiz do For a
4Argentine Federation of Family Physicians
5 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Translating Internet-Based Interventions for Global Access: a success story from the 5th conference of INEBRIA
INEBRIA 2009: Breaking New Ground
Gateshead UK
October 16, 2009

2. CheckYourDrinking.net 2.0

3. CYD Final Report

4. Advantages to IBIs
CYD takes less than 10 minutes to complete (probably 5)
Anonymous
Accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Tailored
Can be customized for differing demographics / cultures
Results can be printed / ed

5. Internet Reach Internet
As of June 2009 approximately 1,668,870,408 people worldwide use the Internet
In million Americans went online to seek health information
In a recent general population survey, 81% of problem drinkers in Ontario, Canada,
had home access to the Internet
Mobile Phone Usage
Mobile phone usage has doubled worldwide since 2000
Developing countries have lead this surge
Estimated 4 billion mobile phone users by end of 2008

6. 5th Conference of INEBRIA Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
Trevor van Mierlo
Sylvie Prevost
Telmo Ronzani
Isabel Weiss
Lucas Figueroa

7. CYD: http://www.checkyourdrinking.net
Current Languages: English, International French, Portuguese, Spanish (North American), Spanish (Argentinean)

8. General CYD Reach
Map generated from:

9. Translation Issues
Lack of data (social norms, frequency)
Data not broken into age/gender
Lack of matching data
Translation is an iterative process
Long-distance communication (time consuming)

10. Next Steps **Promotion** Controlled trials
Data comparison among countries
New languages

11. Mission: To have freely accessible online brief interventions available for all languages and cultures, 24 hours a day
Thank You!