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THE PROBLEM:
Screening and brief interventions (SBI) for
harmful use of alcohol are a cost-effective strategy to reduce the risk of
alcohol harms and progress to alcohol dependence. It has been used in many
countries and there are WHO and PAHO materials available. They are effective
both to the individual and at population level.
Related material:
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Guidelines for Use in Primary Care WHO
http://bit.ly/MnZjsd
Intervención breve vinculada a ASSIST para el consumo riesgoso y nocivo de sustancias
WHO PAHO
http://bit.ly/NLcSDK
INTERVENCIÓN BREVE Para el Consumo de Riesgo y Perjudicial de Alcohol
Un manual para la utilización en Atención Primaria http://bit.ly/SVXRAP
Cuestionario de Identificación de los Transtornos debidos al Consumo de Alcohol
Pautas para su utilización en Atención Primaria http://bit.ly/MIH9pv
ESTRATEGIAS DE AUTOAYUDA
Para reducir o eliminar el consumo de sustancias - Una guía
http://bit.ly/NYrS2r
CHALLENGES:
Scaling up the integration of these interventions
in primary health care and across the health system has been a challenge due to
resistance of health professionals to adopt a health promotion approach, how to
develop the capacity to provide systematic screening and an intervention for
those at risk, stigma and misperceptions about the risks of alcohol consumption
and the difference between a brief intervention and treatment for alcohol
dependence.
ROLE of
PAHO
With the
adoption of the plan of action on reducing harmful use of alcohol and on
substance use and public health, PAHO needs to step up its technical cooperation
for scaling up Screening and brief interventions SBI in PHC and in other non
specialized settings, as to achieve a public health impact with these
interventions.
At the same time, as access to e-health increases, there is a potential for self care not previously realized and which may be suitable for reducing alcohol related harm.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
This seminar will present a state of the art review to date in the area of e-Screening and brief interventions -SBI and discuss how PAHO and
Member
States could benefit from the knowledge available
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