3rd Conference of INEBRIA, 26th and 27th October 2006, Lisbon (Portugal)

The 3rd Conference of INEBRIA was held in Lisbon , on October 26 th and 27 th 2006 and was co-sponsored by the World Health Organitzation and the Health Departament of the Government of Catalonia.

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Speakers & Presentations

Keynote Address I 

Chair: Antoni Gual

Discussant:    Alicia Rodríguez Martos

Cheryl Cherpitel , Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, California , USA .
BI for accidents and injuries

Parallel Sessions  I


I. Symposium:
  Improving implementation of alcohol screening and brief intervention
Chair: Peter Miller  Co-chair : Domingos Neto 
John Cunningham , Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada.
Three-month follow-up of an online personalized assessment feedback intervention for problem drinkers  
Peter Miller
, Medical University of South Carolina , Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, USA .
Implementing alcohol screening guidelines with hypertensive patients   
Marika Holmqvist
, Social Medicine and Public Health Science, Dep. Of Health and Society , Sweden .
Computerized screening and brief intervention in health care settings in Sweden 
Mauri Aalto
, National Public Health Institute, Finland .
The abbreviated version of the AUDIT for screening heavy drinking women 

II. 
Hospitals Chair: Antoni Gual 
Mark Walther
, Clinical Hospital of Barcelone , Alcohology Unit , Spain .
Alcohol risk consumption in hospitalized patients 
Beatriz Roson
, University Hospital of Bellvitge , Internal Medicine , Spain .
Prevalence of at risk drinking in a Tertiary Hospital   
María del Pino Alonso Ortega
, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Internal Medicine , Spain .
Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with alcohol misuse  
Antoni Gual
, Clinical Hospital of Barcelone , Alcohology Unit , Spain .
Brief intervention for smoking cessation in hospitalized patients  

III . Training and implementation    Chair: Peter Anderson 
Elizabeth Proude
, University of Sydney , Central Clinical School , Australia .
Increasing confidence in providing brief intervention for alcohol use disorders   
Telmo Ronzani
, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Psychology Department , Brazil .
Evaluation of a training of communitarian health agents  
Jean-Bernard Daeppen
, Laussane University Hospital , Alcohol Treatment Centre , Switzerland .
Impact of BAI training 

Keynote Address II

Discussants:           Michaela Bitarello
                               Peter Anderson

John Frederick Anderson , University of Victoria , Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia , Canada .Indigenous communities

Parallel Sessions  II


I. GP attitudes and other issues
Chair: Peter Anderson Co-chair : Aires Gameiro 
Cristina Ribeiro
, Directorate General of Health , Portugal .
Survey on alcohol related problems in PHC 
Philippe Michaud
, Institute for Secondary Prevention Promotion in Addictology , France .
Fast alcohol consumption evaluation (a new screening test for French GPs )
Allaman Allamani , Alcohological Center, Gruppo Ricerca, Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze, Italy.
The Florence early identification and brief intervention project  

II. Hospitals Chair: Antoni Gual 
Elizabeth Proude
, University of Sydney , Central Clinical School , Australia .
Improving the assessment & management of alcohol disorders in hospital by junior medical officers  Beatriz Roson , University Hospital of Bellvitge , Internal Medicine , Spain .
Detection and quality of alcohol consumption by history taking in a tertiary University hospital  Michael Mueller-Mohnssen , Zentrum fuer Psychiatrie Weisseanau, Abt. Psychiatrie I, Universität Ulm, Germany.
Implementing stepped screening and short intervention in a general hospital (Project KALIMED)  

III. Occupational health
Chair: Kaija Seppä

  • Brief alcohol intervention in Finnish Occupational Health Services
    Leena Heljälä , Finnish Institute of Ocupational, Dept. Promotion of Work Ability and Health , Finland .
  • AUDIT in occupational health, Tiina Kaarne Varma Mutual Pension Company, Dept. Of Occupational Health Services, Finland .
  • Implementation of screening of the use of risk of alcohol and brief intervention strategies in the firefighters health service, Telmo Ronzani,Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Psychology Department , Brazil .

Keynote Address III

Keynote Address 3: Alcohol and smoking interventions, Jim Mc Cambridge , Center  for research on Drugs & Health Behaviour, Department Of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , UK .Alcohol and smoking interventions

Discussants: Bruno Neuner
Nick Heather

Parallel Sessions III


I. AUDIT
Chair: Leo Pas   Co-chair : Alexandra Isabel Pinheiro 
Peter Anderson
, President, INEBRIA.
AUDIT in a Mongolian population   
Hana Sovinova
, National Institute of Public Health, Coordination, monitoring and research unit on alcohol and tobacco, Czech Republic .
AUDIT and Czech population  
Angelika Glöckner-Rist
, Center for Survey Research and Methodology, Manheim , Germany .
Dimensions and clusters within AUDIT  
Philippe Michaud
, Institute for Secondary Prevention Promotion in Addictology , France .
Associations between alcohol risk (AUDIT) and an inappropriate diet in France  

II. Other influencing factors, communication skills and smoking Chair: Jim Mc Cambridge 
Bruno Neuner
, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Campus Virhow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Dept. Of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine , Germany .
Brief interventions for alcohol by smoking status     
Verena Zimmer
, University of Muenster , Germany .
Conjoint screening and intervention for alcohol misuse and smoking   
Jacques Gaume
, Laussane University Hospital , Alcohol Treatment Centre , Switzerland .
Brief alcohol interventions: do counsellor’s and patients’ communication characteristics predict change?   
Eileen Kaner
, Northumbria University , Division of Psychology , UK .
Systematic biases in the delivery of SBI by GPs in England  

III. Structural issues Chair: Nick Heather 
Joan Colom
, Program on Substance Abuse of the Department of Health of Catalonia , Spain .
How to facilitate the implementation of EIBI: The case of Catalonia  
Lidia Segura
, Program on Substance Abuse of the Department of Health of Catalonia , Spain .
The XaROH settlement   
Laura Mezzani
, Alcohol Centre, University of Florence , Italy .
Evaluation of a brief intervention programme in Italy 
Michaela Bitarello do Amaral  –  (part 2) , Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Strategies to implement BI in PHC in Juiz de Fora, Brazil 

Parallel Sessions IV


I. Symposium:
  
Recent Developments in Implementing SBI in General Medical Practice in England Chair: Nick Heather 

Eileen Kaner
, Northumbria University , Division of Psychology , UK .
SBI trailblazers programme in England     
Paul Cassidy
, Gateshead Primary Care Trust, Teams family practice, UK .
Attempts to financially incentivise SBI within British general practice    
Nick Heather
, Northumbria University , Division of Psychology , UK .
Products from Tyne & Wear Health Action Zone SBI Implementation project   
Niamh Fitzerald
, Create Consultancy/The Robert Gordon University , The School of Pharmacy , UK .
Brief interventions in community pharmacies (not originally in the Heather symposium)   

II. Emergency departments and other settings Chair: Cheryl Cherpitel 
Alicia Rodríguez Martos
, Public Health Agency of Barcelona , Prevention and Care of Dependencies, Spain .Early identification and brief advice in traffic casualties: an implementation research 
Jean-Bernard Daeppen
, Alcohol treatment centre, Community Medicine and Health, University of Lausanne ,Switzerland .
Brief alcohol intervention for hazardous drinkers attending emergency department: a randomized controlled trial   
III. PHEPA workshop:
The Primary Health European Project on Alcohol (PHEPA): 2003-2006 Chair: Joan Colom 
Antoni Gual
, Hospital Clinic of Barcelone, Alcohology Unit , Spain .
The PHEPA products: a collaborative process 
Peter Anderson
, Public Health Consultant , Denmark .
Where do we stand now? The Assessment Tool results   
Joan Colom
, Program on Substance Abuse of the Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia , Spain .Facing the Future: where does Phepa leads us to?

For more information on the agreements achieved during the business meeting, please take a look on theMinutes of the Business Meeting (pdf)