Alcohol & Your Health: Where Do You Draw the Line?
February 2004

Take it to Heart!
Register Online for NASD 2004!
ER Screening Site One of the Top of 2003, Thanks to Staff’s Commitment to Detecting Alcohol Problems in Patients



  • SAMHSA Report: Religious leaders address the impact of substance abuse on families
  • Youth substance abuse prevention grants available
  • This is National Children of Alcoholics Week! (Feb 8-14)
  • Have a heart-to-heart talk with your child about substance abuse
  • Study: Child Passenger Deaths Involving Drinking Drivers – U.S., 1997-2002
    • Take it to Heart!

    February is a month often associated with hearts, and recently we’ve heard a lot about women’s risk for heart disease. Seems like there is no better time to read up on alcohol and your heart… Check out these articles:

     

     

    Register Online for NASD 2004!

    NASD is Thursday April 8, 2004, and online registration is now available at www.NationalAlcoholScreeningDay.org! Community, College, Primary/Specialty Care and Spanish kits are available. You can call our office at (800) 253-7658 to have a registration brochure mailed or faxed to you, or register online for NASD.

    Note: If you have already registered for NASD but are changing your site location or choosing one for the first time now, please email us or call the office at (800) 253-7658 with an update. It is especially important to have your site information correct for the Event Locator services, which will be available to the public next month.

    ER Screening Site One of the Top of 2003, Thanks to Staff’s Commitment to Detecting Alcohol Problems in Patients

    Because 54% of physicians screen patients based only on clinical impressions, patients with potential alcohol problems risk slipping through the cracks.

    “Many of our patients don’t have primary care providers. If they’re receiving intervention, it’s in the ER,” says Patricia Mitchell, a research nurse who works in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center, a top NASD 2003 site.

    Read more…



    National Alcohol Screening Day® is a program of Screening for Mental Health Inc., and is funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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