SBIRT Implementation for Adolescents in Urban Federally Qualified Health Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use remains highly prevalent among US adolescents and is a threat to their well-being and to the public health. Evidence from clinical trials and meta-analyses supports the effectiveness of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for adolescents with substance misuse but primary care providers have been slow to adopt this evidence-based approach. The purpose of this paper is to describe the theoretically informed methodology of an on-going implementation study.

Methods

This study protocol is a multi-site, cluster randomized trial (N=7) guided by Proctor's conceptual model of implementation research and comparing two principal approaches to SBIRT delivery within adolescent medicine: Generalist vs. Specialist.

SUBMITTER: Mitchell SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4548813 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature