• Alison N Huffstetler, Gabriela Villalobos, E Marshall Brooks, Adam Funk, Alicia Richards, Roy T Sabo, Michelle S Rockwell, John W Epling, Ben Webel, and Alex H Krist.
• Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA; Inova Fairfax Family Practice Residency, Fairfax, VA, USA. Electronic address: Alison.huffstetler@vcuhealth.org.
• Med. Clin. North Am. 2023 Nov 1; 107 (6S): e1e17e1-e17.

AbstractThe US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening and behavioral counseling for adults over 18 years for unhealthy alcohol use. Recommended screening instruments include the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise and or Single Alcohol Screening Question. Behavioral counseling is feasible in primary care, taking on average 30 minutes. Baseline data for a practice facilitation trial demonstrated clinicians appropriately screened only 10.8% of patients and only identified 9.6% as having risky drinking. Yet, 24% of patients reported risky drinking on a survey, demonstrating the implementation gap of the USPSTF recommendation and opportunity to improve health.Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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