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Brief interventions in community settings
10 Jan 2012
27th March: one-day conference organised by Edinburgh Cyrenians on developing the model of alcohol brief interventions for community settings.
Can Brief Interventions change Scotland's relationship with alcohol? Developing the model for community settings.
Tuesday 27th March 2012, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
The conference will feature international speakers from INEBRIA as well as local academics and practitioners. It will discuss the evidence base for brief interventions in non-healthcare settings and debate whether more evidence is required before introducing the model to diverse settings and client groups.
• Should the traditional model of ABI be adapted for community settings?
• What are the challenges of implementation with vulnerable groups and young people?
• And how can projects measure the impact of alcohol brief interventions and contribute to the evidence base?
The conference will offer practical support on introducing alcohol brief interventions to new settings and provide opportunities to discuss and share experiences in workshop sessions. It will be of particular interest to the public and voluntary sector, ADPs, policy makers, commissioners, researchers and anyone with an interest in innovative, robust approaches to brief intervention delivery, whether in Scotland or further afield.
Cost: £100 plus VAT (central government, local authorities, universities, colleges, NHS, police, professional associations)
£80 plus VAT ((charities, voluntary sector and NGOs)
Background
Since the Scottish government published Changing Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol in 2008, Scotland has been setting an example worldwide in terms of political commitment and funding for the delivery of alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary care. As strategic, multi-agency Alcohol and Drug Partnerships become responsible for continued investment in this approach, interest in whether the model can be successfully replicated across community settings is growing.
Edinburgh Cyrenians has spent the last three years working closely with frontline staff to develop, implement and evaluate a model of alcohol intervention suitable for use across its services for homeless people. It will present the challenges and successes of its approach; and also hear the findings from other pioneering work across Scotland and the UK. Visit their website http://www.cyrenians.org.uk/work_for_us/alcohol_interventions.aspx to read the evaluation of their project.