Implementing brief interventions in health care: Lessons learned from the Swedish risk drinking project

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3609-3627

  Nilsen, Per ^a   Wåhlin, Sven ^b   Heather, Nick ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Continuing professional education; Implementation; Public health; Risk drinking; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOTIVATION; NURSING ROLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE; SWEDEN; WORKSHOP;

EID: 80053277977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8093609     Document Type: Article

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