Factors impacting implementation of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs

Manu Singh

doi:10.1186/1940-0640-8-s1-a73

Abstract

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) has been identified as an effective public health approach for identifying and treating individuals who use alcohol and/or other drugs at risky levels. Between 2004 and 2009, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funded three cohorts of grantees to implement SBIRT services in selected sites. As part of this effort, a cross-site evaluation of SAMHSA’s SBIRT initiative was conducted on the first cohort of grantees and another is currently ongoing for Cohort III to study the process, outcome and economic impact of implementing SBIRT, as well as on the outcomes of patients who receive SBIRT services. The objective of the current paper is to use the select data collected from the SAMHSA-CSAT’s cross site evaluation of the Cohort III grantees and examine the barriers and facilitators encountered by the grantees as they implement SBIRT service delivery.

Highlights

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) has been identified as an effective public health approach for identifying and treating individuals who use alcohol and/or other drugs at risky levels
Between 2004 and 2009, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funded three cohorts of grantees to implement SBIRT services in selected sites. As part of this effort, a cross-site evaluation of SAMHSA’s SBIRT initiative was conducted on the first cohort of grantees and another is currently ongoing for Cohort III to study the process, outcome and economic impact of implementing SBIRT, as well as on the outcomes of patients who receive SBIRT services
The objective of the current paper is to use the select data collected from the SAMHSA-CSAT’s cross site evaluation of the Cohort III grantees and examine the barriers and facilitators encountered by the grantees as they implement SBIRT service delivery

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Introduction

Brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) has been identified as an effective public health approach for identifying and treating individuals who use alcohol and/or other drugs at risky levels. Factors impacting implementation of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs From International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA) Meeting 2013 Rome, Italy.

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