Screening and Brief Interventions (SBI) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: : A Step-By-Step Implementation Guide for Trauma Centers

CDC has developed Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: A Step-By-Step Implementation Guide for Trauma Centers to help Level I and II trauma centers plan, implement, and continually improve the new Committee on Trauma (COT) alcohol-screening and brief intervention requirements.

The guide includes steps and resources:

-Developing an SBI plan
-Choosing the team, including those providing the intervention
-Gaining long-term “buy-in”
-Implementing and Refining the SBI plan
-Worksheets to plan and track results
-Online resources
-Research articles on SBI