Tobacco Use in Adolescents
Directions: Create a PowerPoint presentation teaching about the use of Screening, Brief Intervention, and
Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). See the assignment directions and tutorial for suggestions and best practices.
Review the week’s readings prior to starting on your presentation, understand SBIRT, and its use related to the
problem you identified in Part 1: Assessment and Diagnosis assignment.
- Conduct research related to the specific problem or addiction identified in the Community Health
Assessment and Diagnosis assignment. - Download the PowerPoint Presentation Template
- Create a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes (8-15 slides not including introduction or references)
for fellow healthcare professionals that includes:
• Community description
o Basic demographic data (i.e. population, size, education, poverty levels, etc.)
o Relevant epidemiological data from Community Assessment and Diagnosis assignment.
• Problem description
o Comprehensive overview of the substance and problem
Include any contributing factors specific to your community (i.e. target marketing, lack of employment
opportunities, few treatment providers, lack of transportation, availability, etc.)
• SBIRT description
o Elements
Description of SBIRT abbreviation and process
o Use
How SBIRT is used specific to identified problem
o Example
How to use SBIRT with vulnerable population
o Outcomes
How SBIRT impacts the problem?
• Community Resources
o Describe one community resource
o Include how to reach this resource
Phone, referral form, etc.
o Assess 4 A’s: affordability, accessibility, acceptability, availability for each resource
• Implications for practice
o Provide a comprehensive overview of the impact to the selected nurses.
o How does the data impact them? How could the implementation of SBIRT tool into their practice impact
patient outcomes?
o Use at least one scholarly reference as support
• Conclusion
o Summary and importance to improving population health outcomes
• Reference slide
o Minimum of 3 references. Should include references for SBIRT overview, community data, and at least one
scholarly source. Utilize more references as needed.