title: Clinician attitudes, social norms and intentions to use a computer-assisted intervention.
abstract: The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) works to bridge the gap between research and practice and tested a Web-delivered psychosocial intervention (the Therapeutic Education System, TES) in 10 community treatment centers. Computer-assisted therapies, such as Web-delivered interventions, may improve the consistency and efficiency of treatment for alcohol and drug use disorders. Prior to the start of the study, we surveyed counselors (N=96) in participating treatment centers and assessed counselor attitudes, perceived social norms and intentions to use a Web-delivered intervention. Analysis of the intention to adopt a Web-delivered intervention assessed the influence of attitudes and perceived social norms. Perceived social norms were a significant contributor to clinician intention to adopt Web-based interventions while attitude was not. To promote successful implementation, it may be helpful to create social norms supportive of computer-assisted therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
authors.forename: Allison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Buti
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eakins
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fussell
authors.forename: Lynn E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Kunkel
authors.forename: Aisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kudura
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCarty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult