Conference Toolkit and Resources
Miss out on a hard copy of our alcohol screening and brief intervention toolkit? Download a digital copy!
Toolkit contents: 2023 AWHONN National Conference, National Nurse Practitioner Symposium, 2023 NPWH National Conference
As part of preconception and prenatal care, this toolkit is designed to help women’s healthcare providers meet their patient’s needs to prevent or manage a healthy pregnancy by addressing alcohol use.
The goal of the toolkit is to help clinicians treat people of reproductive age with efficient, evidence-based strategies and resources related to alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) so that personal health outcomes are achieved. Alcohol SBI is an effective clinical preventive service designed to identify and help clients reduce harms associated with excessive alcohol use.
On this page you can find the complete contents of the hard copy toolkit distributed at the AWHONN 2023 conference, with the added advantage of being able to select which items to download.
Unfortunately we are unable to print and ship hard copies of the toolkit at this time.
On this page you will find downloadable versions of:
Collaborative for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy: Partnering for Practice Change
2022 Proof Alliance Statistics
Recommended Alcohol Screening Procedures
AUDIT 1-3 with AUDIT U.S. and Scoring Instructions
Brief Intervention Guidance
Brief Intervention Techniques
Patient Education: Alcohol SBI
Patient Education: OTIS Fact Sheet Alcohol and Pregnancy
Patient Education: Fetal Development Chart
Patient Education: Fetal Environment
Patient Education: FASDs
Patient Education: ACOG Help the Mother Have a Healthy Baby
Patient Education: Zero-Proof Cocktails
Continuing Education: CDC Health Professional Online Training for FASD & Enrollment Instructions
What Do I Say – FAQs about Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies
Research Summaries: Impacts of Alcohol on Child Development
Providing Health Care to Clients with an FASD
1. Introduction Table of Contents AWHONN 2023.pdfFront page of the toolkit, describing its contents.
A. Collaborative for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy.pdfOne page description of the Collaborative for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy, its members, goals, and objectives.
B. 2022 Proof Alliance Statistics.pdfSummar of statistics related to FASDs, prenatal alcohol exposure, and alcohol use compiled by PR%F Alliance, with a particular focus on Minnesota, where PR%F Alliance is based.
C. Recommended Alcohol Screening Procedures.pdfOne page summary of recommended, short alcohol screening procedures.
D. AUDIT 1-3 with AUDIT US and Scoring Instructions.pdfA copy of the AUDIT US screening tool, including instructions for use and scoring.
E. Brief Intervention Guidance.pdfGuidance on conducting brief interventions following screening for excessive alcohol use.
F. Brief Intervention Techniques for NPs and Midwives.pdfRecommended techniques for effective brief interventions for nurse practitioners and midwives.
G. Patient Education - Alcohol SBI.PDFPatient handout, including an alcohol use scale and information about daily alcohol consumption limits.
H. Patient Education - OTIS Fact Sheet Alcohol and Pregnancy 2022.pdfPatient education: Information for patients/clients about alcohol use and its possible effect on them, their pregnancy, and their developing fetus.
I. Fetal Development Chart and How to Use It.pdfFetal development chart: This chart (including a how-to-use guide) provides a visual overview of the periods during pregnancy when the fetus is most vulnerable to teratogens (substances that cause developmental malformations). Alcohol is a teratogen. This chart can be used as a patient or student education tool.
J. Patient Education - Fetal Environment.pdfPatient education flyer: Alcohol can be an environmental toxin to a developing baby.
K. Patient Education - FASDs.pdfPatient education flyer: Alcohol and pregnancy don't mix.
L. Patient Education - ACOG Help the Mother Have a Healthy Baby.pdfPatient education flyer: How to help a pregnant person have a healthy baby
M. Patient Education - Zero-Proof Cocktails.pdfIdeas for mocktails ("zero-proof cocktails").
N. Continuing Education - CDC Health Professional Online Training for FASD Prevention.pdfProfessional education opportunities from CDC, including how to access, log-in information.
O. What Do I Say - Frequently asked questions about alcohol-exposed pregnancies.pdfIdeas for what to say when asked common questions about FASDs, alcohol-exposed pregnancies, and related research. Examples include, "Isn't an occasional drink during pregnancy okay?"
P. Research Summaries - Impacts of Alcohol on Child Development.pdfSummaries of research findings related to alcohol use during pregnancy and FASDs.
Q. Providing Health Care to Clients with an FASD.pdfRecommendations for supporting people with FASDs in a clinical setting.