FREE – Smoking Brief Intervention Training – 29th May – 1100-1230 on Teams

Overview

Smoking is one of the most significant risk factors contributing to ill health.

Brief intervention training is a method of discussing stopping smoking in a positive, non-confrontational way and how people can benefit from making changes.

The training is intended to provide the minimum level of knowledge and skill needed to confidently and effectively identify risk and provide brief advice to people who smoke and signpost to local services.

Objectives of the course

• Identify the influences of Smoking on health and wellbeing ​
• Identify the effects of tobacco smoking​
• Making Every Contact Count (MECC)​
• Very Brief/Brief Advice​
• Examine examples of MECC ‘Opening the door’
• Q & A

To book a place click here and make a referral – Smoking Brief Intervention, Thursday 29th May, Online via Teams, 11.00am to 12.30pm | Links for Life Sunderland