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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. 8216;IBA direct’ evaluation shows people welcome IBA in public. Has shown that taking ‘IBA direct’ to people on the streets of South London was found to be highly effective in engaging people and delivering brief intervention. The project, branded. The London Challenge: are you healthier than your mates? Took place over three days in August and tested a number of methods to engage passersby and deliver IBA. Rod Watson, Senior Project Manager (Alcohol...
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Tools | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. The gold standard ‘Identification’ tool is the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test). However many shorter versions of the AUDIT allow a shorter initial screen. These shorter tools, although less accurate, save time by not asking further questions for those likely to be lower risk drinkers and therefore not likely to need a brief intervention/Brief Advice. Some further screening tools are available here on the Alcohol Learning Centre.
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Training & skills | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. As outlined in the briefing paper ‘Clarifying brief interventions’. Most roles will require training in order to effectively deliver IBA. In most cases, training to deliver simple IBA, rather than extended brief interventions, should be prioritised based on the following key points:. Identification and Brief Advice skills can be effectively taught to non-specialists within in a relatively short time-frame, often within a few hours of training. You ar...
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Brief advice bullets | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. Archive Brief advice bullets. RSS feed for this section. Setting achievable goals and the ‘dose effect’. Mentioning either ‘units’ or the ‘guidelines’ alone can trigger a sceptical response from a drinker. I’m sure you’ve heard someone protest that “units are confusing” or that they “don’t believe the guidelines”. How should we respond to such statements or beliefs? There is evidence that some people who drink to get drunk only consider their ‘...
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Delivering alcohol IBA in non-health settings? | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. Delivering alcohol IBA in non-health settings? In this guest post Dr Fizz Annand takes a quick look at recent research. She was involved in exploring alcohol brief intervention as ‘IBA’ in non-health settings. A team of researchers from the Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Based at Middlesex University have completed a literature review as part of a larger research project funded by an Alcohol Research UK. In most other settings evidence is weak or ...
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Setting achievable goals & the ‘dose effect’ | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. Setting achievable goals and the ‘dose effect’. Mentioning either ‘units’ or the ‘guidelines’ alone can trigger a sceptical response from a drinker. I’m sure you’ve heard someone protest that “units are confusing” or that they “don’t believe the guidelines”. How should we respond to such statements or beliefs? There is evidence that some people who drink to get drunk only consider their ‘limits’ in terms of behaviour and whether they are ...And perha...
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brief interventions | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. Tag Archives: brief interventions. The Evidence of Effectiveness and Minimum Standards for IBA in Community Health Settings. A new document outlining the evidence for IBA and standards for delivery in a range of settings has been released. Commissioned by the Safe Sociable London Partnership. The Evidence of Effectiveness and Minimum Standards for the Provision of Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice in Community Health Settings. 8220;On average, ...
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The Evidence of Effectiveness & Minimum Standards for IBA in Community Health Settings | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. The Evidence of Effectiveness and Minimum Standards for IBA in Community Health Settings. A new document outlining the evidence for IBA and standards for delivery in a range of settings has been released. Commissioned by the Safe Sociable London Partnership. The document provides an overview of the evidence base for IBA as a short ‘brief intervention’, and suggests how it should be delivered in key community health settings. 8220;On average, followin...
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Can we quit “binge drinking”? | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. Can we quit “binge drinking”? In terms of where people ‘fit’ with regard to their alcohol use then, it’s important to recognise the alcohol use/misuse spectrum. That is that drinking ‘categories’ are fluid, and so individuals don’t fit or stick neatly into boxes. People, their circumstances and their consumption are often in various states of change, and labelling or subjective terms carry many risks. And can it ever be a useful term? Of course the m...
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Identification and screening tools | Alcohol IBA blog
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News, ideas and links for alcohol brief interventions. Archive Identification and screening tools. RSS feed for this section. The Evidence of Effectiveness and Standards for IBA: Hospital and Criminal Justice settings. Further guidance for IBA delivery has been released, outlining the evidence for IBA and minimum standards for delivery in Hospital and Criminal Justice settings. IBA Effectiveness and standards for Hospital settings. IBA Effectiveness and Standards for Criminal Justice settings. A National...
