Table 1.
Description of intervention components
Intervention component | Description |
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Safe drinking | Safe drinking tips. For example, pacing drinking |
Self-awareness | Recommendations to assess their alcohol use habits, and increase self-motivation to change |
Alcohol reduction | Encouraging drinkers to reduce alcohol intake |
Goal-setting | Prompts to identify goals for making changes to drinking behaviour |
Situational content | Identification of common situations involving alcohol consumption and how to respond in a healthy manner |
Self-reflection | Questions that help them observe, assess and analyse drinking behaviour in the context of their life |
Drinking management | Prevention, risk reduction and coping methods within the context of hazardous drinking |
Risk management | How to avoid and strategise for specific risky drinking situations that may prevent them from reaching their drinking goals |
Motivation | Encouragement to continue with healthy behaviour adoption and maintenance |
Drinking alternatives | Information about healthy alternatives to drinking that can help to reduce drinking urges |
Review | Assessment of drinking behaviour in previous week |
Other resources | Information about supportive health resources available |
Urge management | Skills to overcome drinking urges |
Actionable feedback | Useful tips that influence future health behaviour |
Maintenance and relapse prevention | Assignments to help them practise and maintain healthier drinking behaviours |
Goal management | Support for setting and maintaining non-risky drinking goals |
Check-in messages | Short check -in messages to ensure movement towards the desired drinking goal |