Therefore, pregnant women who still continue to drink at risky levels possibly require more extensive interventions, for example extended brief interventions to build their confidence to change their drinking behaviour [ 4, 10].
The SIPS Brief Lifestyle Counselling BLCC) Tool is based on the "How much is too much?" extended Brief Intervention tool developed as part of the UK version of the Drink-Less BI programme [ 31] from a prototype used as part of a World Health Organisation collaborative study on alcohol screening and brief intervention.
This is a randomised controlled trial with a primary hypothesis that extended brief interventions (EBI) delivered to alcohol-dependent patients in a hospital setting by an Alcohol Specialist Nurse (ASN) will be effective when compared to usual care in reducing overall alcohol consumption and improving on the standard measures of alcohol dependence.
Unfortunately for Tom, as we begin the story, we learn that his colleague and friend Nick Gazidis has "somehow extended his brief as Head of Finance and crashed inside ME".
When Lang Lang comes on stage it's with the gravity of an elder statesman: hand on heart, then extended in brief salute, before getting down to business - in this case Mozart's Piano Concerto No 42 in C minor K491, which he conducted mutely while waiting for Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra to finish their opening business.
First, then, it will be shown how the two distinctions differ, which will be followed (in the next section of this entry) by an extended though brief discussion of these two competing interpretations.
An editor's job also extends to briefing teams of reps at sales conferences about forthcoming books.
The head of the government's Troubled Families programme, Louise Casey, could ask David Cameron to extend her brief.
One might wish to extend that brief to include what the film addresses and where it fits in.
