Identifying and Validating Alcohol Diagnostics for Injury-Related Trauma in South Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Petal Petersen Williams   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Megan Prinsloo   ^{4, 5, 6 *} , PhD ;   Margaret M Peden   ^{7, 8 *} , PhD ;   Ian Neethling   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Shibe Mhlongo   ^{9, 10} , MSc ;   Sithombo Maqungo   ¹¹ , MBChB, FC Ortho, MMed ;   Charles Parry   ^{1, 12 *} , PhD ;   Richard Matzopoulos   ^{4, 6 *} , PhD

¹ Mental Health, Alcohol, Substance use and Tobacco Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

² Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

³ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁴ Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

⁵ Institute for Lifecourse Development, Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

⁶ School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁷ George Institute for Global Health UK, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

⁸ WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care, London, United Kingdom

⁹ Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa

¹⁰ Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa

¹¹ Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

¹² Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

*these authors contributed equally