BEing Safe in Treatment

Patients complete the BEST assessment, a self-report measure containing questions about patients' substance use, sexual risk behaviors, and partner risk levels.

Patients complete the BEST assessment, a self-report measure containing questions about patients' substance use, sexual risk behaviors, and partner risk levels. Based on their responses they also receive a personalized feedback report that .provides individualized risk levels in five behavior domains: 1) number of partners, 2) riskiness of partners, 3) condom use, 4) riskiness of sex acts, and 5) sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

2 hours of training on how to use the BEST patient feedback report

Standard training (2 hrs) plus 8 additional hours (4 modules) of motivation/skills training on a) talking about sex with patients, b) basics of using Motivational Interviewing techniques to review a feedback report, c) teaching patients problem solving skills, and d) teaching patients relationship communication skills.