title: Effects of an Organizational Linkage Intervention on Inter-Organizational Service Coordination Between Probation/Parole Agencies and Community Treatment Providers.
abstract: Weak coordination between community correctional agencies and community-based treatment providers is a major barrier to diffusion of medication-assisted treatment (MAT)--the inclusion of medications (e.g., methadone and buprenorphine) in combination with traditional counseling and behavioral therapies to treat substance use disorders. In a multisite cluster randomized trial, experimental sites (j = 10) received a 3-h MAT training plus a 12-month linkage intervention; control sites (j = 10) received the 3-h training alone. Hierarchical linear models showed that the intervention resulted in significant improvements in perceptions of interagency coordination among treatment providers, but not probation/parole agents. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. wwelsh@temple.edu.
authors.forename: Wayne N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
authors.forename: Hannah K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Knudsen
authors.affiliation: Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.affiliation: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ducharme
authors.affiliation: Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pankow
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urbine
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA.
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindsey
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware, Newark, USA.
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdel-Salam
authors.affiliation: Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware, Newark, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monico
authors.affiliation: Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Link
authors.affiliation: University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, USA.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albizu-Garcia
authors.affiliation: Providence Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Brown University, Providence, USA.|Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA.
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Friedmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment; D009938:Organizations; D011329:Prisoners; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*
keywords: Implementation; Inter-organizational relationships; Interagency relationships; Substance-related disorders; Treatment