Intensive Referral of Veterans to Mutual-Help Groups: A Mixed-Methods Implementation Evaluation

Lance Brendan Young; Kathleen M. Grant; R. Dario Pulido; Jamie L. Simpson; Kimberly A. Tyler; Christine Timko

doi:10.1080/07347324.2017.1407224

Intensive Referral of Veterans to Mutual-Help Groups: A Mixed-Methods Implementation Evaluation

Lance Brendan Young, Kathleen M. Grant, R. Dario Pulido, Jamie L. Simpson, Kimberly A. Tyler, Christine Timko

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Abstract

Community-based support group participation protects against substance use disorder (SUD) relapse, but referrals during treatment are inconsistently delivered and may not acknowledge barriers facing rural patients. This formative evaluation of a rural intensive referral intervention (RAIR) to community-based support groups for Veterans seeking SUD treatment surveyed patients (n = 145) and surveyed and interviewed treatment staff (n = 28). Patients and staff did not differ significantly on quantitative ratings of the helpfulness of, or satisfaction with, seven RAIR components, but staff did not deliver the intervention consistently or as designed, citing two themes: lack of commitment and lack of resources.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	179-201
Number of pages	23
Journal	Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2017.1407224
State	Published - Apr 3 2018

Keywords

Substance use disorder
Veteran
access to care
alcoholics anonymous
mutual-help
qualitative
relapse
rural
self-help
social support

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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