Public health: brief interventions

Hours of learning: 2

Publication date: June 2017

Aim
To equip healthcare professionals (HCPs) with the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver an effective brief interventions in practice.

Intended learning outcomes
Following completion of this course you should be able to:

• define what is meant by a brief intervention
• apply the model of behaviour change to your practice
• outline the principles of effective communication
• raise the subjects of smoking, alcohol consumption or physical inactivity with patients in routine practice and record intervention in patient notes
• assess patient/clients for risk and their motivation to change
• advise on the risks to health posed by smoking, alcohol and physical inactivity
• assist patients/clients by signposting and providing additional information sources.