Primary Care

those materials focused on managing unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings

How To Implement SBIRT: Processes, Tips, and Examples From the Field

Resource that covers processes/practices on identifying and addressing barriers to implementation across settings (including primary care); tailoring implementation to the appropriate workflow of a practice; staffing; and monitoring implementation and performance

Primary Care Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test

A validation study of the single item screening test for UAU, recommended by NIAAA

A Brief Patient Self-Administered Substance Use Screening Tool for Primary Care: Two-Site Validation Study of the Substance Use Brief Screen (SUBS)

Validation article for SUBS in a diverse adult primary care population

Performance of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use (TAPS) Tool for Screening in Primary Care Patients

Multisite study concluding that TAPS can detect problem substance use, but that refinement is necessary before use for broad substance use disorder screening

Electronic Self-Administered Screening for Substance Use in Adult Primary Care Patients: Feasibility and Acceptability of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use (myTAPS) Screening Tool

Describes the feasibility and acceptability of myTAPS among primary care patients

Estimating Risk of Alcohol Dependence Using Alcohol Screening Scores

Studied the use of the AUDIT and AUDIT-C in family medicine clinics to predict alcohol dependence

Use of AUDIT-Based Measures to Identify Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Alcohol Dependence in Primary Care, A Validation Study

Validation study that examined the AUDIT and AUDIT-C score ability to predict UAU in a primary care population

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Guidelines for Use in Primary Care, Second Edition

Describes how to use the AUDIT in primary care to identify people with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption; includes the international version in both interview and self-report format

Brief Intervention for Hazardous and Harmful Drinking: A Manual for use in Primary Care

Manual for primary care and other providers on how to conduct brief interventions for patients with or at risk of developing alcohol use disorders (AUDs); used in conjunction with WHO’s companion manual The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test: Guidelines for Use in Primary Care on how to screen for alcohol-related problems using the AUDIT-C and AUDIT”.

Expanding the Use of Medications To Treat Individuals With Substance Use Disorders in Safety-Net Settings Creating Change on the Ground: Opportunities and Lessons Learned From the Field

Includes lessons learned from a pilot project to expand MAT in 6 sites across 3 States; focused on improving understanding among providers on how to best implement MAT in primary care, substance use, and community mental health programs

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