1 July 2021, 09:00–12:15 CEST (10:00–13:15 MSK) (virtual)
An online meeting organized by the WHO Country Office for the Russian Federation and the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCDs will present the outcomes of the project on adaptation and validation of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in the Russian Federation.
The AUDIT was developed by WHO as a practical instrument to screen for alcohol use disorders and to help healthcare workers to identify individuals who would benefit from reducing their alcohol use or quitting drinking altogether. It has become the most widely used screening instrument for alcohol worldwide and was translated into many languages and adapted for different countries, but a Russia-specific country version was lacking so far. The newly available Russian version of the AUDIT – the RUS-AUDIT – represents a short 10-question form that is adapted to assess specific alcohol use patterns and problems identified in the Russian Federation, but that is also appropriate for use among Russian-speaking people in other countries that have similar drinking patterns.