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Improving Care for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
In order to improve the quality of alcohol-related care for those with unhealthy alcohol use, the current research will use an evidence-based implementation strategy, practice facilitation, at one VA primary care site to pilot test whether practice facilitation has the potential to improve the quality of primary care-based alcohol-related care . It is hypothesized that primary care providers who take part in the practice facilitation intervention will provide higher quality substance use care to Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use compared to care pre-practice facilitation (e.g., administer evidence-based brief counseling interventions at higher rates, prescribe alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy at higher rates, increase referrals to specialty substance use disorder clinics).
Official title: Implementation Intervention to Improve Care for Unhealthy Alcohol Use (CDA 20-057)
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
42
Start Date
2021-02-25
Completion Date
2025-09-30
Last Updated
2025-05-02
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Practice facilitation implementation intervention
6 months during which practice facilitation is implemented to support the primary care clinic in improving routine, population-based screening, assessment, treatment, and follow-up for unhealthy alcohol use and AUDs.
Locations (2)
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States