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Improving Alcohol Screening And Brief Intervention In Community Health Settings: Training And Evaluation, Abdonne Mbouadeu
Improving Alcohol Screening And Brief Intervention In Community Health Settings: Training And Evaluation, Abdonne Mbouadeu
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Background: Excessive alcohol use is responsible for 88,000 deaths in the United States each year. Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (ASBI) is highly effective for the prevention and treatment of harmful alcohol use in community healthcare settings; however, this intervention is not widely used by healthcare professionals. A structured search of bibliographic databases was conducted to locate evidence-based articles pertaining to barriers to ASBI. Evidence suggests that the lack of knowledge and confidence is responsible for the underutilization of ASBI. Purpose: To assess the impact of ASBI training on nursing staff knowledge, attitude, and confidence and to make ASBI a …