Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

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A collection of tools and resources for managing unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, intended for use by providers, organizational leadership, other team members, and patients.

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The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medications, and other Substance (TAPS) Tool (PDF - 117 KB KB)

Screening tool to assess adult primary care patients for tobacco, alcohol, prescription drug, and illicit substance use, available for self- and interviewer-administration

Format

Instrument/Protocol

Audience

Medical Providers

Behavioral Health Providers

Patients

Source

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Year

2017

Resource Type

PDF

Using Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention to Address Patients' Risky Drinking

Describes three steps to help family physicians seamlessly implement screening and brief intervention into their practice

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Medical Providers

Organizational Leadership

Source

Zoorob RJ, et al.

Year

2017

Resource Type

Article

Using Implementation Science To Guide the Integration of Evidence-Based Family Interventions into Primary Care

Introduces implementation science methods and describes how they can be used to evaluate implementation of integrated primary care services

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches

Organizational Leadership

Policymakers and Payers

Source

Smith JD, Polaha, J

Year

2017

Resource Type

Article

Validation of the TAPS-1: A Four-Item Screening Tool To Identify Unhealthy Substance Use in Primary Care (PDF - 519 KB KB)

A validation study for TAPS-1 for identifying UAU in primary care patients

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Medical Providers

Behavioral Health Providers

Source

Gryczynski J, et al.

Year

2017

Resource Type

Article

A Human Factors Systems Approach to Understanding Team-Based Primary Care: A Qualitative Analysis (PDF - 289 KB KB)

Describes the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety model for creating and evaluating primary care teams, based on findings from qualitative data

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches

Organizational Leadership

Policymakers and Payers

Source

Mundt MP, Swedland MP

Year

2016

Resource Type

Article

Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions in Primary Care - Evidence and a Pragmatic Practice-Based Approach (PDF - 151 KB KB)

Article that explains the current state of evidence for the effectiveness of SBI in primary care and describes how this evidence applies to routine care; also offers strategies to improve the acceptability of alcohol assessment

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Medical Providers

Source

Tam CW, et al.

Year

2016

Resource Type

Article

Are We There Yet? A Review of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Implementation Fidelity Tools and Proficiency Checklists

A review of SBIRT fidelity tools and proficiency checklists, identifying heterogeneity among existing tools

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Behavioral Health Providers

Graduate Education

Medical Providers

Other Team Members

Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches

Organizational Leadership

Source

Reho K, et al.

Year

2016

Resource Type

Article

Design of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network's Validation Study of Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use (TAPS) Tool (PDF - 593 KB KB)

Describes the design of NIDA's Clinical Trials Network's validation study of the TAPS Tool

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Medical Providers

Behavioral Health Providers

Source

Wu LT, et al.

Year

2016

Resource Type

Article

Development and Evaluation of Two Instruments for Assessing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Competency

Discusses the development of the SBIRT Proficiency Checklist and the Clinical SBIRT Proficiency Checklist, which are intended to assess a provider's ability and competency in delivering SBIRT

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08897077.2016.1152343

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Medical Providers

Source

Pringle JL, et al.

Year

2016

Resource Type

Article

Experiences With Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Community Healthcare (PDF - 336 KB KB)

Examines patient and provider experiences with SBIRT in an outpatient clinical setting, demonstrating support for implementing SBIRT in primary care settings

Format

Journal Article

Audience

Organizational Leadership

Medical Providers

Other Team Members

Source

Dwinnells R

Year

2016

Resource Type

Article

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