Health Care
Healthy Waldo County
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HMP is a collaborative effort among 28 local coalitions, the Maine DHHS (Maine CDC and Office of Substance Abuse) and DOE, supported primarily by the Funds for Healthy Maine with federal grants from the US CDC, SAMHSA, and DOE.
Screening and Brief Intervention:
Research shows that screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment by doctors in primary care settings can help reduce drug and alcohol use. However, few physicians are currently doing this as part of their practice. New tools unveiled by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) hope to change that.
For information on these tools go to:
NIDA has developed an on-line screening tool for health care providers for alcohol, tobacco and substance. Along with the online tool are and printed Screening tools, resource guide, quick reference guide and patient postcards are available.
Clinician's Screening Tool (NIDA-Modified Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test or ASSIST) This Web-based interactive tool guides clinicians through a short series of screening questions and, based on the patient's responses, generates a substance involvement score that suggests the level of intervention needed. The tool also provides links to resources for conducting a brief intervention and treatment referral, if warranted.
Note: NIDA recommends reading the Resource Guide before using the screening tool with your patients.
Resource Guide: Screening for Drug Use in General Medical Settings This guide is designed to assist clinicians serving adult patients in screening for drug use. This screening tool was adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), Version 3.0, developed and published by WHO
Screening for Drug Use in General Medical Settings from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
Printed version of On-line tool:
On-line version of On-line tool:
Maine' Prescription Monitoring Program
(PMP) is a tool created to prevent and detect prescription drug misuse and diversion. PMP maintains a database of all transactions for controlled substances dispensed in the State of Maine. This database is available online to prescribers and dispensers. A free service of the Office of Substance Abuse (OSA) in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, the PMP database is quickly becoming a standard tool for clinicians to provide better care to their patients throughout the state. For more information click here:
Healthcare Provider's Kit
The Office of Substance Abuse has created a set of tools for use by health care providers:
Raising your Child Alcohol Free:
A Healthcare Provider's Guide to Address
Underage Drinking
It offers age appropriate talking points and suggestions to help you
approach the subject of underage alcohol use. Included is information
on how to proactively parent to prevent underage drinking with
children ages 0-21.
The Six G's CardThis is a 4" x 9" card to hand to parents after a discussion about their child's risk for alcohol use.
Raising Your Child Alcohol Free Poster
This 11" x 17" poster, designed for parents, was created
to place in health care facilities - waiting rooms and
patient rooms and matches the talking points in the Guide.
For More information contact your Healthy Waldo County Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator and ask for a: Health Care Provider's Kit
