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Screening For Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Implementation Of Screening And Brief Intervention (Sbi) In Primary Care Using The Audit-C, Sarah Bell
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Background: In 2021, the NIAAA reported that alcohol use disorder affected 29.5 million Americans. Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) is an evidence-based prevention strategy, recommended by the USPSTF, to reduce alcohol consumption. Unfortunately, less than 50% of patients receive advice from their provider about the harms of excessive alcohol use. This study aimed to implement an effective SBI process in a rural primary care setting utilizing the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test—Consumption (AUDIT-C) tool while addressing known barriers to proper implementation.
Methods: Donabedian's Structure-Process-Outcome (SPO) framework for Quality Assessment guided this quality improvement design. Intervention planning included considerations …