Implementing Substance Abuse Intervention Services in New York City Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics: Factors Promoting Interagency Collaboration

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• 作者：Philip W. Appel PhD ; Barbara E. Warren PsyD…
• 刊名：The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：44
• 期：1
• 页码：168-176
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• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Psychology; Community and Environmental Psychology; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Health Informatics; Psychiatry;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1556-3308
• 卷排序：44

文摘

This report presents results of Project LINK, a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-funded, 5-year collaboration (2007–2012) between New York City (NYC) health and NY State substance abuse disorder (SUD) agencies, an LGBT organization contractor, and multiple SUD, social service, and mental health referral agencies. LINK allowed the first ever SUD screening, brief intervention, and referrals to treatment (SBIRT) intervention services onsite in NYC Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control (BSTDC) clinics. Factors favoring collaboration were (a) joint recognition of substance abuse as an STD risk factor; (b) prior collaborations; (c) agreement on priority of BSTDC’s mission and policies; (d) extensive SBIRT training, cross training on STDs; (e) a memorandum of agreement; and (f) mutual transparency of collaborative efforts, among others. LINK screened over 151,000 STD clinic patients and delivered brief interventions to 60% of positively screened patients and met a mandated follow-up target. Factors found to facilitate collaboration here may help screen prospective new health collaborations.