Providing routine chronic disease preventive care in community substance use services: a pilot study of a multistrategic clinical practice change intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the potential effectiveness of a practice change intervention in increasing preventive care provision in community-based substance use treatment services. In addition, client and clinician acceptability of care were examined.

Design

A pre-post trial conducted from May 2012 to May 2014.

Setting

Public community-based substance use treatment services (n=15) in one health district in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Participants

Surveys were completed by 226 clients and 54 clinicians at baseline and 189 clients and 46 clinicians at follow-up.

Interventions

A 12-month multistrategic clinician practice change intervention that aimed to increase the provision of preventive care for smoking, insufficient fruit and/or vegetable consumptio

SUBMITTER: Tremain D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104796 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature