Effects of an Organizational Linkage Intervention on Inter-Organizational Service Coordination Between Probation/Parole Agencies and Community Treatment Providers.
Adm Policy Ment Health
; 43(1): 105-21, 2016 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-25559124
ABSTRACT
Weak coordination between community correctional agencies and community-based treatment providers is a major barrier to diffusion of medication-assisted treatment (MAT)--the inclusion of medications (e.g., methadone and buprenorphine) in combination with traditional counseling and behavioral therapies to treat substance use disorders. In a multisite cluster randomized trial, experimental sites (j = 10) received a 3-h MAT training plus a 12-month linkage intervention; control sites (j = 10) received the 3-h training alone. Hierarchical linear models showed that the intervention resulted in significant improvements in perceptions of interagency coordination among treatment providers, but not probation/parole agents. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
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Assunto principal:
Prisões
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Prisioneiros
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Terapia Comportamental
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Pessoal de Saúde
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Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental
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Comportamento Cooperativo
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias
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Tratamento de Substituição de Opiáceos
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Relações Interinstitucionais
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Adm Policy Ment Health
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos