Objective: To find the changes of habit in alcohol consumption after a campaign aimed at the general population.
Design: A pilot community study with an evaluation of the results after a phone survey three months later.
Participants: A simple random sample of subjects from the village of Viladrau (Girona).
Interventions: These mainly consisted of composing a form for the subjects to calculate their own weekly alcohol consumption, which included the consumption recommendations from the Primary Care preventive measures Programme of the SEMF&C and was distributed to the entire population at the same time as an information talk.
Measurements and main results: The telephone survey contained 12 items and covered 103 people: 49 men and 54 women with an average age of 46.09 (SD 17.5). The campaign did not lead any of the children to modify their habits.
Conclusions: We coincided with other authors in that supplying anonymous, direct and participative information in the form of written material on the consumption of alcoholic drinks can be an effective intervention among the general population in the case of adults. We believe that the telephone in our rural environment is a good surveying technique, given the high percentage of those who took part.