Intervention Week 1: Physical Impacts

Reflection

What did you do?

This week my team’s plan was to focus on education for the intervention, specifically, how overconsumption of alcohol can impact physical health. I decided to create an information poster, compiled with the research I did. After the poster was created, I showed it to my client.

How did it go?

The first component of our intervention went well. I believe stepping into the intervention with an education program was effective, so our client can understand the theory behind the impacts alcohol can have on their health.

How did you feel?

I felt a bit nervous when showing my client the poster, as I felt that he may not appreciate the information we present to him. However, it turned out that the client was very happy with what we provided him as he knew we are trying to change his life, ultimately, the lives of others around him too. After showing my poster to my client and receiving positive feedback, I was keen to continue the rest of the interventions.

How was the client feeling? Client feedback

“I feel that to live a healthy life I should not exceed two standard drinks per day. Looking at the research and facts, I am convinced that excess alcohol is very harmful. I was very surprised that over-consumption can impact many parts of your body. I was particularly astonished that alcohol can have an impact on your immune system, which can result in your body being more prone to illnesses.

For next week I would like to see more specific questions that will allow me to answer you in a more direct way, and will be able to provide answers for your tailored questions.

I already am feeling quite guilty about my intake as I know I am not treating my body as well as I should be. I am looking forward to improve my terrible habit and see the outcome.

Was it successful? Why?

Yes, this intervention was successful, as the main idea behind it was to educate our client with the impacts overconsumption of alcohol can have on his physical health. Also, our client was surprised and felt the urge to change his alcohol habits as he did not want to be a patient of the mentioned impacts alcohol can have on him. Therefore, as we have 5 more weeks of interventions remaining, our client will hopefully make his mind up that he needs to change his alcohol habits to live a long and healthy life.

What changes need to occur?

I believe for next time we should ask our client as to what specific details they would like for us to particularly investigate when presenting them with our education intervention program. In doing this, I feel that the client will feel more included in our intervention, rather than us just overloading them with information that they may deem unrelatable to. Also, I need to ask them specific questions to be more direct and to also find the answers for questions that I have.

Free blogging…

I am looking forward to presenting our client with our 2^nd part of our educational intervention, which is the effects over consumption of alcohol may have on social and mental health. Watch this space, as next week will be resuming our blogging.