title: Substance use treatment counselors' attitudes toward evidence-based practice: the importance of organizational context.
abstract: This study addresses individual and organizational correlates of substance user treatment counselors' attitudes toward evidence-based practice. Counselors (n = 293) from a probability sample of outpatient treatment organizations in a northeastern US state were surveyed in 2008. Multilevel [hierarchical linear model (HLM)] models address the nested sample. Attitudes toward evidence-based practice were measured with the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (Aarons). Study limitations and implications for the implementation of evidence-based practices in routine substance user treatment organizations are addressed.
authors: School of Social Work, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA. bsmith2@sw.ua.edu
authors: Brenda D
authors: BD
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003376:Counseling; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D009511:New England; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*