Treatment utilization and unmet treatment need among Hispanics following brief intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a large randomized trial examining ethnic differences in response to a brief alcohol intervention following an alcohol-related injury, we showed that Hispanics, but not non-Hispanics, were more likely to reduce alcohol intake in comparison with treatment as usual (Addiction 105:62, 2010). The current study evaluates whether the observed improvements in drinking outcomes previously reported among Hispanics following brief intervention might be related to prior or subsequent treatment utilization.

Methods

This study is a secondary analysis of data collected in a randomized clinical trial that evaluated ethnic differences in the effect of a brief motivational intervention (BMI) on alcohol use among medical inpatients admitted for alcohol-related injury. For this s

SUBMITTER: Field CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3484238 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature