Addressing adolescent substance use in an urban pediatric federally qualified health center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is a systematic approach to identification and intervention for individuals at risk for substance use disorders. Prior research indicates that SBIRT is underutilized in pediatric primary care. Yet few studies have examined procedures for identifying and addressing substance use in clinics that serve publicly insured adolescents (i.e., federally qualified health centers [FQHC]). This descriptive, multi-method study assessed adolescent substance use frequency and provider perspectives to inform SBIRT implementation in an urban pediatric FQHC in California.

Methods

A medical record review assessed substance use frequency and correlates among publicly insured adolescents aged 12-17 years who completed a w

SUBMITTER: Yonek JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9245362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature