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Risky Alcohol Use Affects Women’s Health Across the Lifespan

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Every year, beginning on Mother’s Day, National Women’s Health Week encourages women of all ages to prioritize their health. Social workers play a valuable role in making alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) part of routine practice for all clients, including women. Females ages 12 and older are the fastest-growing group of alcohol users in the U.S., and drinking impacts women’s health at every stage of life.

Three Facts Social Workers Need to Know About Risky Alcohol Use

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April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an opportunity for social workers to get the facts on alcohol’s health effects. As the nation’s largest mental and behavioral health workforce, providing services in a wide range of practice settings, social workers are essential resources for evidence-based information about client alcohol use. 

Have Eight Minutes? Share Your Thoughts on Client Substance Use

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We’re listening! We want to learn about your work with clients on alcohol and other substance use.

In just eight minutes, you can help us better train and educate social workers who serve clients at risk for substance-related problems, including substance use disorders and substance-exposed pregnancy. Your responses will be completely anonymous.

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