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Addressing Barriers to Care for Substance Use Disorder Pilot Study
Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente
Summary
The Addressing Barriers to Care for Substance Use Disorder Pilot (ABC-SUD Pilot) was a randomized pilot study that preceded a larger trial. The ABC-SUD Pilot was a parallel group, cluster-randomized pilot feasibility trial, with clinicians (care coordinators) as the unit of randomization. This study was conducted in a mental health treatment access center within the Washington region of Kaiser Permanente. As part of usual care, patients contacted the mental health access center to speak to a "care coordinator" to obtain contact information for potential venues to obtain treatment for substance use disorder. The experimental intervention, Care Navigation, was evaluated for its potential to increase the utilization of substance use disorder treatment among patients who contacted the mental health treatment access center. The investigators note that Care Navigation was delivered by study "care navigators", who were distinct from the health system's care coordinators.
Official title: Addressing Barriers to Care for Substance Use Disorder Pilot Study (Center for Dissemination and Implementation At Stanford, Research Component #3)
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
74
Start Date
2024-07-09
Completion Date
2025-12-02
Last Updated
2025-09-03
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Care Navigation
Care navigation is an intervention that seeks to help patients follow up on substance use treatment plans that are established by care coordinators in the health system by reducing barriers to accessing treatment. This includes advocating for patients to reduce disparities based on language, income or geographical barriers, and cultural preferences (i.e., linkage to available services); and using motivational enhancement techniques to help patients maintain their motivation to obtain substance use treatment while working through these barriers (i.e., motivational intervention). Thus, the care navigator's role is to take the care plan developed between the patient and the mental health care coordinator forward and connect the patient to available services and provide motivational enhancement techniques to help direct the patient toward completion of the care plan.
Locations (1)
Kaiser Permanente Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States