Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Abuse: Overview of Practical and Conceptual Issues

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Thomas Babor, PhD, Dept of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut, 263 Farmington Avenue, Unit UCHC-6325, Farmington, CT 06032, 860-679-5459, babor@nso.uchc.edu

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this Public Health Institute, participants will be able to

·Describe progress made in the past two decades in the development of public health concepts, screening tools, brief intervention techniques, and implementation models for SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment).

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Handout (.ppt format, 1349.5 kb)

Handout (.ppt format, 393.5 kb)

Public Health/Traffic Safety Institute for Preventing Impaired Driving

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA