Health Champions – Smoking Brief Intervention Training

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