The HBRT team published “Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Risky Alcohol and Other Substance Use: Best Practices for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance-Exposed Pregnancy in Girls and Women of Reproductive Age,” in the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Fall 2025 Practice Perspectives newsletter.
The article adapts a recent literature review of alcohol SBIRT published in Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, and addresses other substances, including cannabis and tobacco. Aimed at social workers, the article gives an overview of screening instruments, brief interventions, and SBIRT implementation issues.
HBRT senior program manager Diana Ling, senior health strategist Anna Mangum, and co-directors Drs. Mary Velasquez and Kirk von Sternberg are authors.
NASW, along with other leading healthcare workforce organizations, are members of the FASD National Partner Network, a cross-discipline initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In partnership with HBRT at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, NASW is working with the Network to prevent prenatal substance use by improving practice, education, and awareness among healthcare professionals.
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Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Risky Alcohol and Other Substance Use: Best Practices for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance-Exposed Pregnancy in Girls and Women of Reproductive Age (NASW Practice Perspectives)
Initiative Empowers Social Workers in Preventing Substance-Exposed Pregnancies (NASW Social Work Advocates magazine)
HBRT Teams with CDC and NASW to Address Prenatal Substance Use
Cannabis Use During Pregnancy (NASW Social Work Talks podcast)
Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (NASW Social Work Talks podcast)