Accepted for Publication: May 8, 2019.
Published: June 21, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6258
Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2019 Knight JR et al. JAMA Network Open.
Corresponding Author: Sion Kim Harris, PhD, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Mailstop 3189, Boston, MA 02115 (sion.harris@childrens.harvard.edu).
Author Contributions: Drs Knight and Harris had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Knight, Sherritt, Harris.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Knight, Sherritt, Gibson, Levinson, Grubb, Samuels, Silva, Vernacchio, Wornham, Harris.
Drafting of the manuscript: Knight, Sherritt, Gibson, Levinson, Harris.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Knight, Sherritt, Gibson, Grubb, Samuels, Silva, Vernacchio, Wornham, Harris.
Statistical analysis: Sherritt, Harris.
Obtained funding: Knight, Sherritt, Harris.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Sherritt, Gibson, Levinson.
Supervision: Knight, Sherritt, Gibson, Grubb, Samuels, Silva, Vernacchio, Wornham, Harris.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Knight reported holding the copyright for the CRAFFT screening tool. Drs Knight and Harris and Mr Sherritt reported claiming the computer-facilitated brief intervention tool as their intellectual property but have not applied for nor received a patent or copyright. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Other support was provided by the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Training Program and a cooperative agreement from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, US Department of Health and Human Services (Dr Harris).
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Disclaimer: This information, or content, and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of nor should any endorsements be inferred by the Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, or the US government.
Data Sharing Statement: See Supplement 3.
Additional Contributions: We thank East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Lexington Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center Floating Hospital for Children, Longwood Pediatrics, and Boston Children’s Primary Care at Longwood Children’s Hospital for providing recruitment access for this study through their clinics.
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