{"id":154,"date":"2015-02-17T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T18:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.sbirtinstitute.uh.uconn.edu\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2019-06-03T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T13:36:34","slug":"module1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/trainings\/e-learning2\/module1\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 1: Overview and Rationale: Screening and Brief Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This module will give the participant a thorough understanding of SBIRT using the WHO ASSIST protocol.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>aims<\/strong> of this module are to provide answers to the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does screening and brief intervention for alcohol and other substance misuse meet the prerequisites for a public health approach to substance use disorders?<\/li>\n<li>What is the research base for screening and brief intervention?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Objectives:\u00a0<\/strong>Upon completion\u00a0of this module, participants will learn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What screening and brief intervention is and why it is important from a public health perspective<\/li>\n<li>How the ASSIST screening test was developed<\/li>\n<li>The evidence base for screening and brief intervention<\/li>\n<li>Why screening with the ASSIST is useful to detect problematic substance\u00a0use<\/li>\n<li>The problems related to different levels of substance use and types of substances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Course Delivery:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Online self-paced course, open enrollment. \u00a0Training materials include one video and readings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Training Materials<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Training Video:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mediasite.uchc.edu\/Mediasite41\/Play\/cb7f1cd8b901478cb34785e944839f061d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SBIRT Module I Training Video<\/a>\u00a0<em>(Please use Internet Explorer for the best viewing experience.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Supplementary Readings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2015\/02\/SBIRT_Towards-a-Public-Health-Approach.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SBIRT: Toward a Public Health Approach to the Management of Substance Abuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2015\/02\/USPTF-Recommendation-Statement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USPTF Recommendation Statement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2016\/03\/Finnell_2012AlcoholismClinicalandExperimentalResearch_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nurse-led SBIRT Across the Continuum of Care<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This module will give the participant a thorough understanding of SBIRT using the WHO ASSIST protocol. The aims of this module are to provide answers to the following questions: Does screening and brief intervention for alcohol and other substance misuse meet the prerequisites for a public health approach to substance use disorders? What is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":686,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 21:49:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/1697"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/sbirtacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}