Formative process evaluation of a guideline-driven process for improving the cultural responsiveness of alcohol and drug treatment services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To improve Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's access to, and experience of, healthcare services, including Alcohol and other Drug (AoD) treatment services, principles and frameworks have been developed to optimise cultural responsiveness. Implementing those principles in practice, however, can be difficult to achieve. This study has five aims: i) to describe a five-step process developed to operationalise improvements in culturally responsive practice in AoD services; ii) to evaluate the fidelity of implementation for this five-step process; iii) to identify barriers and enablers to implementation; iv) to assess the feasibility and acceptability of this approach; and v) to describe iterative adaptation of implementation processes based on participa

SUBMITTER: Farnbach S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8051070 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature