TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing drug treatment program staff's self-efficacy to support patients' HCV needs
AU - Strauss, Shiela M.
AU - Munoz-Plaza, Corrine
AU - Rosedale, Mary T.
AU - Rindskopf, David M.
AU - Lunievicz, Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support for the creation, implementation, and evaluation of the STOP Hep C training from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA013409), and the important contributions of collaborators on the project: Janetta Astone-Twerell, Nelson Tiburcio, Don Des Jarlais, Holly Hagan, Marya Gwadz, Andrew Osborne, Andrew Rosenblum, and Mary McCarty-Arias. We also express our appreciation to the participating substance abuse treatment programs and to the many dedicated staff in these programs.
Funding Information:
To encourage and empower staff to provide more of this support, we developed an interactive STOP Hep C Staff Training program intended for on-site delivery at substance abuse treatment programs to all staff who provide direct patient care. In addition to covering current information about the virus, the training also taught and modeled motivational interviewing principles to effectively communicate HCV-related information to patients (Miller & Rollnick, 2002). More information about the content of the STOP Hep C Staff Training funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse can be found at http://www.cduhr.org/docs/reports/STOP_HepC_Training_ Description_Feb07.pdf.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - To increase HCV-related support for patients in substance abuse treatment programs, we implemented an on-site staff training in 16 programs throughout the United States. It aimed to increase participants' self-efficacy in assisting patients with their HCV-related needs. Findings indicate that participants' self-efficacy increased both 1 and 3 months posttraining, resulting in providers' perceptions that they were better able to support patients regarding HCV. Implementing an engaging and interactive HCV training for social workers and other substance abuse treatment program staff has the potential to increase their HCV knowledge, self-efficacy, and the HCV-related assistance provided to patients both in the short and longer term.
AB - To increase HCV-related support for patients in substance abuse treatment programs, we implemented an on-site staff training in 16 programs throughout the United States. It aimed to increase participants' self-efficacy in assisting patients with their HCV-related needs. Findings indicate that participants' self-efficacy increased both 1 and 3 months posttraining, resulting in providers' perceptions that they were better able to support patients regarding HCV. Implementing an engaging and interactive HCV training for social workers and other substance abuse treatment program staff has the potential to increase their HCV knowledge, self-efficacy, and the HCV-related assistance provided to patients both in the short and longer term.
KW - Hepatitis c
KW - Hierarchical linear modeling
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Self-efficacy
KW - Substance abuse treatment
KW - Training
KW - Treatment program staff
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U2 - 10.1080/1533256X.2011.596458
DO - 10.1080/1533256X.2011.596458
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80051806232
SN - 1533-256X
VL - 11
SP - 254
EP - 269
JO - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
JF - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
IS - 3
ER -