SUBSTANCE ABUSE: ALCOHOL & THE ADOLESCENT

Keira Conkling

Shannon Kulawik

Patricia Pertuit

Amanda Waltke

Background Information

Target population: Adolescents (ages 10 – 19)

Health Concern/Vulnerability: Adolescent

alcohol consumption leads to teen

problems and dependence on alcohol later

in life

Brief Relevant Data: “Alcohol is by far the drug

of choice among youth” (NIH News,2011)

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Problem Statement

72% of Nebraska high school students

reported consuming alcohol at some point,

and adolescent alcohol consumption

increases immediate bad consequences

and increases the chances of alcohol

dependence in adulthood.

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Intervention Plan

• Health teaching to educate future health care

providers on the use of NIAAA’s Alcohol Screening

and Brief Intervention for Youth

Objective:

• Reach 50 health care providers determined by

number of handouts and surveys

• Increase knowledge of future medical providers

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Implementation

• Booth located in the Michael Sorrell Center

• 2-hour period during lunch

• Survey-5 questions

• Information disseminated

1. Awareness of the problem

2. Details of the tool

3. How the tool can affect the problem

• NIAAA Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention for

Youth tool

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NIAAA Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth

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Empirically based Developed through primary

survey research Can detect alcohol-related

problems early on

Intervention Evaluation

• Used survey tally tool

• Determined if they worked with children

• If they were current or future health care

providers

• Determined if they had heard of brief

interventions for alcohol use in adolescents

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Survey Results

Participant Category (71 responses)

Students (76.1%), Faculty (10.8%), Clinician (2.8%),

Other (9.8%)

Affiliation

College of Medicine (42.3%), College of Nursing

(28.2%), College of Pharmacy (4.2%), School of Allied

Health (12.7%), College of Public Health (1.4%)

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Survey Results

Work with adolescents now or future?

Yes (76.1%), No (23.9%)

Heard of Brief Interventions for Alcohol use in teens?

Yes (23.9%), No (76.1%)

1. Where did you hear of it?

Class (94.1%), Professional Org (11.8%), Other (5.9%)

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Theory vs. Reality

• This is a new tool, and it is hard to find

information anywhere except from NIAAA

• People did not always want to stop to take

a survey during their lunch time or other

reasons

• Exceeded our goal of 50 participants (71)

• Media and Project Extra Mile not present

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Lessons Learned

• Work closer with Project Extra Mile for

additional support for tool implementation

• Know your research!

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Question &

Answer