HIV primary care providers--Screening, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to alcohol interventions.

Background: Alcohol has particularly harmful health effects in HIV-infected patients; therefore, HIV clinics are an important setting for integration of brief alcohol intervention and alcohol pharmacotherapy to improve patient outcomes. Current practices of alcohol screening, counseling, and prescription of pharmacotherapy by HIV providers are unknown.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of HIV providers from 8 HIV clinical sites across the United States.