Improving health outcomes for expecting mothers and babies

Improving health outcomes for expecting mothers and babies

CHRT begins work on an alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) pilot in women’s Detroit-area clinics. Excessive alcohol consumption for women of childbearing age has multiple health consequences for pregnancy and birth outcomes. However, health professionals are uniquely positioned to intervene using alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) protocols, an evidence-based approach that has proven successful. CHRT will work with the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and other partners to conduct a multi-site evaluation of four alcohol screening and brief intervention implementation programs in health care systems and settings serving individuals of child-bearing age.