Implementing Substance Abuse Intervention Services in New York City Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics: Factors Promoting Interagency Collaboration.
This report presents results of Project LINK, a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-funded, 5-year collaboration (2007-2012) between New York City (NYC) health and NY State substance abuse disorder (SUD) agencies, an LGBT organization contractor, and multiple SUD, social service, and mental health referral agencies. LINK allowed the first ever SUD screening, brief intervention, and referrals to treatment (SBIRT) intervention services onsite in NYC Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control (BSTDC) clinics. Factors favoring collaboration were (a) joint recognition of substance abuse as an STD risk factor; (b) prior collaborations; (c) agreement on priority of BSTDC's mission and policies; (d) extensive SBIRT training, cross training on STDs; (e) a memorandum of agreement; and (f) mutual transparency of collaborative efforts, among others. LINK screened over 151,000 STD clinic patients and delivered brief interventions to 60% of positively screened patients and met a mandated follow-up target. Factors found to facilitate collaboration here may help screen prospective new health collaborations.
NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, 501 7th Avenue, New York, NY, 10018, USA. philip.appel@oasas.ny.gov.
Philip W
PW
Appel
Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA.
Barbara E
BE
Warren
NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, 1450 Western Avenue, Albany, NY, 12203, USA.|Center for Addictions Research, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA.
Jiang
J
Yu
Bureau of STD Control and Prevention, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA.
Meighan
M
Rogers
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, 1450 Western Avenue, Albany, NY, 12203, USA.
Brett
B
Harris
Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA.
Shanequa
S
Highsmith
LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY, 10011, USA.
Carrie
C
Davis
D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009519:New York City; D016730:Program Development; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*