Implementing the Grand Challenge of Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and its Consequences

?Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences? is one of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare?s Grand Challenges for Social Work, a programme launched in 2012. This book reports on the work of many social work and allied professions scholars, describing current strategies for achieving the ambitious goals identified in this Grand Challenge.

The chapters in this book fall into two broad categories: ?general? pieces, and those which address specific workforce development issues for meeting the Grand Challenge. The contributors cover the problem of alcohol misuse from a number of perspectives, including racial/ethnic disparities in alcohol treatment services; adolescents and emerging adults; and trauma/PTSD. The book also explores both technology-based interventions for reducing alcohol misuse and its consequences, and various models for preparing the workforce by effectively engaging in screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), for those experiencing alcohol-related problems complicated by other social and behavioural health problems. The book concludes with two interviews, focused global initiatives, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.

Introduction: Implementing the Grand Challenge of Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences1. The Grand Challenge of Reducing Gender and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Service Access and Needs Among Adults with Alcohol Misuse2. Impact of Race on the Implementation of Empirically Supported Treatments in Substance Abuse Treatment3. Recovery Schools Rise to the Challenge: Shifting Alcohol Norms and Behaviors in Youth and Emerging Adults4. Empowerment in Coalitions Targeting Underage Drinking: Differential Effects of Organizational Characteristics for Volunteers and Staff5. What Lies Beneath: Trauma Events, PTSD, and Alcohol Misuse in Driving Under the Influence Program Clients6. Technology-Based Interventions and Trainings to Reduce the Escalation and Impact of Alcohol Problems7. Effects and Durability of an SBIRT Training Curriculum for First-Year MSW Students8. SBIRT Training in Social Work Education: Evaluating Change Using Standardized Patient Simulation9. Evaluation of Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Training for Social Workers10. Complementing SBIRT for Alcohol Misuse with SBIRT for Trauma: A Feasibility Study11. NIAAA and the Global Challenge: An Interview with Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Murray, Director, Global Alcohol Research Program, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism12. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: An Interview with Dr. Shauna Acquavita, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati

Audrey Begun is a social work professor at Ohio State University, USA.

Diana DiNitto is a social work professor at The University of Texas-Austin, USA.

S. Lala Straussner is a social work professor at New York University, USA.