• Use a systematic methodology to develop and refine a BI package, informed by global evidence, and modified to be delivered using mobile phone technology.
• Examine, in the context of a Low-or-Middle-Income-Country (LMIC), the feasibility of delivery and acceptability to HDs.
• Evaluate the impact on alcohol use outcomes.
• Fine-tune procedures for the definitive Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT).

KEY COMPONENTS

• Consultations with national/international experts on AUD treatments in the formative phase to develop the BI package and with m-Health experts to define the delivery platform structure.
• Identification of participants through screening in primary care settings and recruitment through multifaceted heath camps in workplaces and educational institutions in Goa, India.
• Assessment of the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention based on the participant’s feedback during this initial phase of the study.
• Development of the final intervention developed through a sequential process with a feedback loop that allows refinement of the intervention based on data collection, thus ensuring it is contextually relevant.
• Testing of the final treatment package was done through a three-armed RCT to assess preliminary estimates of the impact on alcohol use outcomes.