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Connecting patients to services: Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment in primary health care.
- Source :
- Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy; Oct2014, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p370-379, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in primary care is a burgeoning environmental treatment strategy for illicit and prescription drug abuse and a variety of other health behaviors. While clinical research on SBIRT's efficacy continues to produce positive results, translational research focusing on the integration of the evidence-based processes into primary care settings has been less prevalent. This paper describes the decisions made in the design of the Indiana SBIRT project and describes several barriers that prevented eligible patients from receiving services provided through SBIRT. It then elaborates on the qualitative mechanisms used to identify solutions to those barriers and provides preliminary quantitative evidence for the effectiveness of the solutions that were implemented. The intention of this translational research is to provide a broad perspective on program improvement so that other SBIRT projects in the United States and internationally might benefit from the lessons learned by Indiana SBIRT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUBSTANCE abuse treatment
SUBSTANCE abuse diagnosis
ANALYSIS of variance
COMPUTER software
DECISION making
DRUGS
FOCUS groups
WORKING hours
MEDICAL personnel
MANAGEMENT of medical records
MEDICAL referrals
MEDICAL screening
PRIMARY health care
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
DATA analysis
HUMAN services programs
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09687637
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 98255079
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2014.899992