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Alcohol Brief Intervention Initiative

EOI 2020 Alcohol Brief Intervention Initiative

Sydney North Health Network (SNHN) has created the Alcohol Brief intervention Initiative to gather ideas from GPs on effectively educating and supporting patients to reduce their alcohol intake. Systematic review of clinical preventative health strategies in the USA ranks screening and brief intervention for problem drinking to be equivalent on health impact and cost effectiveness as colorectal cancer screening, and higher than that for cervical cancer and breast cancer screening.

There are many barriers to offering screening and brief intervention in general practice including competing health priorities and time constraints, degree of confidence and knowledge in providing information and counselling, sensitivity about discussing drugs and alcohol, and lack of support for more complex issues. The health benefits of overcoming these barriers are enormous.

This Initiative will commence in July 2020 and GPs will be remunerated $600 for 3 months of participation. Deidentified ideas, resources, and information on barriers and solutions generated by GPs will be collated and distributed within the group, and to following participants to accelerate learnings. Knowledge gained through this initiative will inform future work on reducing alcohol harms in our region.

To register your interest, fill in the EOI form here.

GP Guide to the Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) Initiative

Please read this GP Guide before you get started.

Pre-reading list

Access the pre-reading list for the Alcohol Brief Intervention Initiative here.

Pre-activity survey

Please complete and submit this pre-activity survey to psimmonds@snhn.org.au.

GP and patient resources

The Resources PDF contains a number of GP and patient resources that can be used throughout your participation in the ABII and beyond.

You can print the whole PDF by clicking Ctrl P when the PDF is open. Alternatively you can click the individual links on each page in the PDF if you only want to print certain resources.

Reflection survey

This reflection survey will ask you to share your insights and experiences after participating in the ABII.

Download instructions:

  • Click here to download the survey – it will download as a Word document at the bottom of your screen.
  • Save the document on your computer, then open it.
  • Once it is open, click ‘Enable editing’ to complete the survey.
  • Save and email the completed survey to psimmonds@snhn.org.au.

RACGP Evaluation Form

To receive CPD points for participating in the Alcohol Brief Intervention Initiative, please fill out the RACGP Evaluation Form.

  • Click here to download the form – it will download as a Word document at the bottom of your screen.
  • Save the document on your computer, then open it.
  • Once it is open, click ‘Enable editing’ to complete the form.
  • Save and email the completed form to psimmonds@snhn.org.au.