Latest from the IBA blog: Extended Brief Interventions (EBI) - losing out?; Sefton EBI case study; Talking or Testing?; IBA bullets - reducing hangovers?

The alcohol IBA blog aims to promote the delivery of IBA through news, links and ideas on IBA from a range of contributors.

Recent posts are highlighted below:

• EBI: lost in the shadow of IBA?   Over recent years there has been a strong policy focus on IBA as a simple brief intervention. A big issue though is whether Extended Brief Interventions (EBI) have been left in the shadow of simple IBA? Read more here

• An EBI case study: where are the rest?   An evaluation of an Extended Brief Alcohol Intervention (EBI) program called 'It’s Your Choice'. The aim was to reduce alcohol related harm in Sefton by providing EBI in the form of a one to one coaching service. Read more here

• Talking or Testing? Which is easier?  Following discussion about doctors objecting to IBA delivery on the grounds that it is ‘additional work', how can we get into the psyche of doctors if we want them to implement IBA? Read more here

• Brief Advice bullets: reducing hangovers?   Not everyone gets hangovers, but for those of us that are susceptible, one must assume they act as a powerful preventative agent. Is the appeal of reducing those painful after effects a useful ‘brief advice’ bullet for a risky drinker to contemplate? Read more here

See here for the June IBA blog round up or the January round up.

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