?The HRB is committed to funding top-quality health research that is likely to have an impact on patient care and the health services that they receive,? says Enda Connolly, the Chief Executive at the HRB.

The winning paper examined Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users. The authors were Jan Klimas, Catherine-Anne Field, Walter Cullen, Clodagh SM O'Gorman, Liam G Glynn, Eamon Keenan, Jean Saunders, Gerard Bury, Colum Dunne.

?Our continued sponsorship of the General Practice award category at the RAMI Doctor Awards illustrates the value that we place on patient-oriented research,? Connolly adds.  ?In our Business Plan 2010 ? 2014 we have committed to gradually concentrate our resources into research that offers the most potential for rapid translation into impacts and benefits for patients, for the population and for the health system.?

The winning paper is available at the first link below.

The other two finalists in the GP category were:  

• Cardiovascular medication: improving adherence, which was published in Clinical Evidence in the BMJ Group.
• Trimethoprim and ciprofloxacin resistance and prescribing in urinary tract infection associated with Escherichia coli: a multilevel model, which was published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

More details can be found at the RAMI website at the second link below.