Training seminar

on treatment and prevention of persons with alcohol related problems

in Primary Care

4th-5th May 2007.

Hotel Budai

1121 Budapest Rácz Aladár u. 45-47.

Friday 4th May
13.30 / Opening of seminar
Prof. Dr. István Karádi / Dean of the Medical Faculty, SemmelweisUniversityBudapest
Prof. Dr. László Kalabay / Head of the Department of Family Medicine, SemmelweisUniversityBudapest
13.45 / Block 1. Primary Care and Public Health
13.45 / The EU and public health and health care: what are the responsibilities and regulations of the EU and what are the policy issues. How does this influence on primary care and public health, including alcohol related policies.
How can Hungarian organisations contribute to the development of the EU’s health strategy?
What are the conditions for effective lobbying in Brussels?
Interactive presentation and debate. / Dr. Pim de Graaf (The Netherlands, EPHA)
15.30 / Primary Care and public health, the role of Hungarian organisations / Dr. Tamás Koós (Psychiatry and RehabilitationDep.NyírőGyulaHospitalBudapest)
16.00 / Discussion
16.15 / Coffee break
16.45 / Block 2. Primary Care in Hungary
16.45 / State of the art / Prof. Dr. László Kalabay (Head, Department of Family Medicine, SemmelweisUniversityBudapest)
17.15 / Survey on screening and prevention of alcohol related problems within the Primary Care setting / Dr. Péter Vajer (Department of Family Medicine, SemmelweisUniversityBudapest)
17.45 / Discussion
19.00 / Dinner
Saturday
5th May
9.00 / Block 3. Alcohol prevention & treatment in Primary Care; theory and development in Europe and Hungary in particular
9.00 / Dealing with alcohol in Primary care: the WHO collaborative trial Phase I-IV and PHEPA network in EUROPE
The Phepa programme 1 and 2 will be summarised and put into a larger context of WHO and European alcohol action plan. A critical review of guidelines for primary care and alcohol will be presented. / Dr. Leo Pas (Belgium)
9.45 / Issues of prevention and treatment of alcohol problems in Hungary / Prof. Dr. Béla Buda (Hungary, director National Institute of Addictology)
10.30 / Coffee break
10.45 / Interactive session on pathways for alcohol prevention and treatment in Primary Care
The experiences of the WHO collaborative trial, Ecatod project and the Phepa training programme will be illustrated using selected country materials. Participants will be involved in a practical exercise to set targets for the development of their own training programme and developing needed materials. / Dr. Leo Pas (Belgium)
11.45 / Discussion
12.15 / Lunch
13.15 / Block 4. Best practices from abroad
Community interventions for problematic alcohol users and their families
This presentation will focus on the first and only project in Romania targeting alcohol abusing persons in the community as well as the members of their families. The project involved psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians of all specialties and ex-users who worked as volunteers.
More data will be provided following the country-wide census of psychiatric patients and the incidence of alcohol use disorders in this population.
The discussions will focus on the issue of how to bring services closer to the alcohol abusing persons, a concept very much talked about in the drug field but not so much in the alcohol field. Also, is alcohol harm reduction a real avenue for meaningful and successful interventions? / Dr. Eugen Hriscu (Romania, ALIAT)
Alcohol and general practice in Italy
In European reports it seems that Italy is doing well among other European countries maybe because the use of alcohol and particularly wine in the tradition was accepted in moderate amount inside the family or during social events. There is though a new concern about the use (misuse) of aperitifs between young people in the last years. Institutions often play a doubtful role in alcohol prevention.
In this frame Italian GPs should find the proper way to face alcohol problem giving useful suggestion on healthy lifestyle without becoming “too much” intrusive in the personal choice of the people. Some example of this approach are the “Passi” initiative in Veneto Region and the training organized by Fimmg (a trade union) involving 4000 GPs. / Dr. Giorgio Visentin (Italy, CSEeMEG and EFPC)
15.15 / Coffee break
15.30 / Discussion and closing of the seminar / Prof. Dr. László Kalabay (Head, Department of Family Medicine, SemmelweisUniversityBudapest)