Organizational and Clinical Implications of Integrating an Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Within Non-Substance Abuse Serving Agencies

Abstract

Although there have been efforts to advance evidenced-based practices into community-based organizations the limited successes of dissemination and poor implementation of efficacious treatments within these organizations are beginning to be documented. This article builds on the knowledge gained from organizational research and those internal structures (e.g., culture and climate), which possibly impede or enhance evidenced-based practice implementation within community-based organizations. While there are many evidenced-based practices available to human services organizations, there seems to be a gap between research and the implementation of these clinical practices. Recommendations are provided to better enable community-based organizations to integrate evidenced-based practice into its existing service structures.

Screening and brief intervention for alcohol and other drug use in primary care: associations between organizational climate and practice

“…The 17 items comprising this factor include supervision as well as motivation—two important aspects of leadership (e.g., “ my manager is able to motivate my team, my manager corrects errors as they occur, my manager rewards good work, communication with my manager is clear and open, my manager keeps informed regarding the goals of the team” ). Our findings support the suggestion by Patterson et al [20] that clinical supervision is important to producing better services and patient outcomes. They argue it is important because supervision improves OC (and hence performance), supports implementation and quality of evidence-based practice, increases the visibility of professional counseling, and improves patient outcomes.…”

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention as Standard Practice: Working with the American Indian/Native Alaskan Populations

“…Social workers are strategically located within many community-based organizations capable of addressing the needs of those AI/NAs disproportionately affected by alcohol and other drug problems (Patterson & McKiernan, 2010). According to Brekke (2012), social workers provide more health and human services to population throughout the life span than any other profession.…”

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“…Another important distinction are the issues related to understanding barriers to adopting these practices. What impedes the process of adopting EBPs is very different than the barriers that arise when adopting ESTs (Patterson & Dulmus, 2012; Patterson & McKiernan, 2010). …”