Evaluation of the AC-OK mental health and substance abuse screening measure in an international sample of Latino immigrants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early detection and intervention in primary care is integral to behavioral health. Valid, practical screening assessments are scarce, particularly for non-English speaking populations. We address this need by evaluating the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the AC-OK Screen for Co-occurring Disorders for first and second generation immigrant Latinos in Massachusetts, USA, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain.

Methods

567 Latino participants were recruited in waiting areas of clinics or by referral from Primary Care, Mental Health, Substance Use, and HIV Treatment Clinics, as well as Community Agencies. We use confirmatory factor analyses to evaluate the factor structure, correlation analysis to examine concurrent and discriminant validity, and receiver

SUBMITTER: Chavez LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5648606 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature