Tailoring an evidence-based clinical intervention and training package for the treatment and prevention of comorbid heavy drinking and depression in middle-income country settings: the development of the SCALA toolkit in Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective interventions exist for heavy drinking and depression but to date there has been limited translation into routine practice in global health systems. This evidence-to-practice gap is particularly evident in low- and middle-income countries. The international SCALA project (Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders and Comorbid Depression in Latin America) sought to test the impact of multilevel implementation strategies on rates of primary health care-based measurement of alcohol consumption and identification of depression in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.

Objective

To describe the process of development and cultural adaptation of the clinical intervention and training package.

Methods

We drew on Barrero and Castro's four-stage c

SUBMITTER: O'Donnell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310809 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature