Helping Alabama Stay Healthy Through Assessing for Substance Use: Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

Overview:

This is a one-hour recording of a live webcast.

This program will focus on the assessment of substance use as a prevention tool. Program faculty will discuss an evidenced based assessment method called SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) that has been shown to be effective in reducing substance misuse.

By the end of this training, participants should be able to:

• Understand the impact of substance use and misuse at the individual and population health levels
• Explore the need for substance assessment in public health and primary care
• Define how the concept of SBIRT works
• Review screening tools that can be incorporated into practice
• Discuss methods for assessing for substance use without disengaging your patient