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City of Helsinki Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Leena Alho

ALCOHOL SCREENING WITH THE AUDIT - QUESTIONNAIRE - The Multi-Professional Training Program in the City of Helsinki. City of Helsinki Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Leena Alho. We have translated and modified

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City of Helsinki Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Leena Alho

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  1. ALCOHOL SCREENING WITH THE AUDIT - QUESTIONNAIRE- The Multi-Professional Training Program in the City of Helsinki City of Helsinki Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Leena Alho

  2. We have translated and modified the AUDIT questionnaire into different languages: Finnish, English, Swedish, Estonian and Russian. Leena Alho

  3. Leena Alho • We have edited two quides for the social work. • And written a short AUDIT - manual for nurses and social workers.

  4. Leena Alho The multi–professional training program • We have developed the training program in order to implement the AUDIT (WHO 2001) into practice. • We train social workers and nurses in small groups.

  5. Our training program contains: • First – the theory part, includes AUDIT, brief intervention and refferal to treatment (approx. 3h). • Second – the practice part, workers use the method in their own work (approx. one month). • Third – the supervision part, we discuss the workers’ experiences together in groups (approx. 3h).

  6. The situation today • We have trained over three hundred social workers and nurses during two years. • Thousands of clients have been tested and given help in the health and social services. Leena Alho

  7. Leena Alho What else have we done? • We have organized annual AUDIT gatherings • We have taken part in health and welfare happenings • We have acted as consults in different workgroups in early alcohol intervention related issues • We have been active in planning the alcohol strategy for the city

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