HEALTH PROMOTION PACKAGES - Sundhedsstyrelsen

3.2 Health promotion services(B) Brief counselling for people with excessive or harmful alcohol use and theirfamilies, including childrenThe municipality offers a brief high-quality counselling session to people with excessiveor harmful alcohol use and to their families, including children. The servicesare adjusted and located according to the needs of the target group, such as inhealth centres or as a service provided on site for students finishing school or forolder people.(B) Differentiated alcohol treatment servicesThe municipality qualifies its alcohol treatment services to match the treatmentneeds of people with alcohol problems according to the degree of severity andbased on the available evidence on high-quality alcohol treatment services. Differentiatedhigh-quality alcohol treatment services are established targeting the followinggroups:• people with alcohol dependence and people with severely harmful use;• family-specific treatment services for families, partners, children and otherrelatives;• dual diagnosis services for people with alcohol dependence or harmful alcoholuse and with a personality disorder or another mental disorder offeredin collaboration with the regional health services, including psychiatry;• pregnant women, in collaboration with the regional outpatient familyhealth centre; and• detoxification of socially vulnerable and disadvantaged people linkedclosely to alcohol treatment.(B) Correlation between alcohol treatment, social services and family therapyThe municipality ensures integration between alcohol treatment and the municipalsocial services to ensure social support for the family in following up treatment.This ensures the necessary integration and sharing of competencies between alcoholtreatment centres and family therapy centres, as both institutions work withfamilies that may have both alcohol problems and family problems and are sociallydisadvantaged and vulnerable.(B) Information on the rules on alcohol treatment and counsellingThe municipality ensures that the information about the rules for alcohol treatmentand the municipality’s alcohol counselling is visible to citizens and collaborationpartners, such as on the municipality’s website.(D) Alcohol treatment for familiesAs part of its alcohol treatment services, the municipality incorporates a familyspecificapproach to families in which one family member has an alcohol problem.(D) Implementing a quality development systemThe municipality implements a quality development system that supports the municipality’salcohol treatment services. This system encompasses clear developmentobjectives, data collection on the services offered, measuring satisfaction withalcohol treatment and ongoing analysis of treatment courses. Small municipalitiesmay benefit from collaborating on developing quality development systems as anintegral part of their collaborative activities related to alcohol treatment.(B) Basic level(D) Developmental levelHealth promotion packages in Denmark – introduction and recommendations 15