A survey of clinical practices and readiness to adopt evidence-based practices: Dissemination research in an addiction treatment system.
Addiction research is challenged to disseminate evidence-based practices into routine clinical settings. The successful adoption of innovation must consider issues of fit, such as the characteristics, readiness, and attitudes of clinicians in the community. We constructed a survey to assess clinical practices and readiness to adopt certain evidence-based practices in addiction treatment programs. The instrument was administered to directors (n = 21) and clinicians (n = 89) from 24 public addiction treatment programs in New Hampshire (USA). Clinicians are more motivated to adopt some evidence-based practices (twelve-step facilitation, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention therapy) than others (contingency management, behavioral couples therapy, pharmacotherapies). Translational strategies for treatment development and research dissemination are discussed.
McGovern
Mark P
MP
New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA. mark.p.mcgovern@dartmouth.edu
Fox
Thomas S
TS
Xie
Haiyi
H
Drake
Robert E
RE
D000328:Adult; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009513:New Hampshire; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*