Abstract
Objective: To evaluate health practitioners' confidence and knowledge of alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral after training in a culturally adapted intervention on alcohol misuse and well-being issues for trauma patients.
Design: Mixed methods, involving semi-structured interviews at
baseline and a post-workshop questionnaire.
Setting: Targeted acute care within a remote area major tertiary
referral hospital.
Participants: Ten key informants and 69 questionnaire respondents
from relevant community services and hospital-based health care professionals.
Intervention: Screening and brief intervention training workshops and
resources for 59 hospital staff.
Main
outcome measures: Self-reported staff
knowledge of alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral, and
satisfaction with workshop content and format.
Results: After training, 44% of participants reported being motivated
to implement alcohol screening and intervention. Satisfaction with training was
high, and most participants reported that their knowledge of screening and
brief intervention was improved.
Conclusion: Targeted educational interventions can improve the knowledge
and confidence of inpatient staff who manage patients at high risk of alcohol
use disorder. Further research is needed to determine the duration of the
effect and influence on practice behaviour. Ongoing integrated training, linked
with systemic support and established quality improvement processes, is
required to facilitate sustained change and widespread dissemination.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-15 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Australian Journal of Rural Health |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2016 |