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Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Primary Care in Integrated Health Care Settings
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BACKGROUND: Substance abuse in the United States is a serious public health concern impacting morbidity and mortality. However, systematic screening and intervention has not been widely adopted into routine practice by health care organizations and routine screening and intervention is not currently in place for primary care at Kaiser Permanente Colorado. Therefore, a formative evaluation was conducted to explore and enhance implementation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) approach in the organization. METHODS: Key clinical stakeholders, including internal and family medicine physicians, primary care nurses, mental health therapists, chemical dependency clinicians, and clinic-based psychologists provided feedback. Two focus groups were also conducted with patient stakeholders: one in English and one in Spanish. RESULTS: All clinical stakeholders promoted clinic-based psychologists to conduct brief intervention and determine referral to treatment as the optimal implementation program. Inclusion of the patient perspective also highlighted the importance of considering this perspective in implementation. Both patient groups were generally supportive of SBIRT, especially the educational value of screening questions defining healthy drinking limits; however, English-speaking patients noted privacy concerns and Spanish-speaking patients noted frequently being asked about drug or alcohol use. Organizationally, systems exist to facilitate drug and alcohol use screening, intervention, and referral to treatment. However, physician time, alignment with other priorities, and lack of consistent communication were noted potential barriers to SBIRT implementation. CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians expressed concerns about competing priorities and the need for organizational leadership involvement for successful SBIRT implementation. A unique suggestion for successful implementation is to utilize existing primary care clinic-based psychologists to conduct brief intervention and facilitate referral to treatment. Patient stakeholders supported universal screening, but cultural differences in opinions and current experience were noted, indicating the importance of including this perspective when evaluating implementation potential.
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“The barriers to referring patients for additional evaluation or specialty treatment include patient resistance [17,18], the stigma attached to treatment [19], and limited treatment resources [16].”
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“Other barriers to screening uptake include provider discomfort, lack of training, time, and reimbursement constraints (Moses et al., 2013; Rahm et al., 2015; Palmer et al., 2019).”
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“A large body of literature on barriers to alcohol SBA in PHC exists, suggesting lack of time, lack of training, providers’ attitudes and lack of organisational support, as core factors affecting delivery (Johnson et al., 2011; Rahm et al., 2015; Abidi et al., 2016; Derges et al., 2017; Vendetti et al., 2017), However,…”
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“Overall, SBIRT improves communication and prioritization of substance use screening (Rahm et al., 2015).”
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“Physician time constraints and competing clinical priorities are major barriers to providing SBIRT services to patients (Pilowsky & Wu, 2013; Rahm et al., 2015).”
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“Participants also reported a lack of interest and motivation for working with persons with SUDs, which is consistent with existing literature related to SBIRT in healthcare practice (Finnell et al., 2014; Rahm et al., 2015; Thompson, 2007).”
ResultAddressing Substance Use with the Adolescent in Primary Care
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rahm, A. K., Boggs, J. M., Martin, C., Price, D. W., Beck, A., Backer, T. E., & Dearing, J. W.
- Affiliations
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Human Interaction Research Institute, Encino, California, USA
- Corresponding author
- Rahm, Alanna Kulchak
- Venue
- Substance Abuse
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 281-288
- ISSN
- 0889-7077 (ISSN-L)
- 1547-0164
- OpenAlex
- W1609891162
- Cited by
- 150
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 9
- FWCI
- 7.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Substance Abuse (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Keywords
- SBIRT, substance use screening, alcohol screening, implementation barriers and facilitators, primary care, integrated care, referral to treatment, patient perspectives, cultural differences, Spanish-speaking patients, physician time constraints, organizational leadership, Kaiser Permanente
- MeSH terms
- Attitude of Health Personnel, Colorado, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Mass Screening, Patient Participation, Primary Health Care, Psychotherapy, Brief, Referral and Consultation, Substance-Related Disorders
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