Geographical variation in implementation of the Pathways to Comorbidity Care program in Australian drug and alcohol services.

Aim: Comorbid drug and alcohol and mental health disorders are highly prevalent. Significant gaps in service provision make this problem particularly difficult to address in regional Australia. The Pathways to Comorbidity Care (PCC) program was designed to improve management of comorbidity by outpat...

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Published in:JBI Evidence Implementation Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 186 - 194
Main Authors: Louie, Eva, Giannopoulos, Vicki, Uribe, Gabriela, Wood, Katie, Teesson, Maree, Childs, Steven, Baillie, Andrew, Haber, Paul S., Morley, Kirsten C.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins May2023
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          Louie, Eva
          Giannopoulos, Vicki
          Uribe, Gabriela
          Wood, Katie
          Teesson, Maree
          Childs, Steven
          Baillie, Andrew
          Haber, Paul S.
          Morley, Kirsten C.
        affil: Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Sydney
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          Geographic Factors
          Program Implementation
          Critical Path
          Comorbidity Prevention and Control
          Substance Use Rehabilitation Programs Australia
          Conceptual Framework
          Implementation Science
          Mental Disorders Rehabilitation
          Human
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          Australia
          Self Report
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Healthcare Disparities
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Content Analysis
          Qualitative Studies
          Quantitative Studies
      ab: Aim: Comorbid drug and alcohol and mental health disorders are highly prevalent. Significant gaps in service provision make this problem particularly difficult to address in regional Australia. The Pathways to Comorbidity Care (PCC) program was designed to improve management of comorbidity by outpatient drug and alcohol clinicians in New South Wales, Australia. This paper uses the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to evaluate variations in implementation outcomes across geographically diverse services. Methods: Twenty clinicians across three drug and alcohol services from metropolitan, outer metropolitan and regional geographic locations were engaged at multiple levels of influence (directors, managers, clinicians) during the implementation of the multimodal PCC training package. The CFIR guided the development of self-report measures and semi-structured interviews evaluating implementation of the PCC training, and disparities in implementation barriers and facilitators were determined. Results: Metropolitan clinicians identified less barriers than regional clinicians on several intervention characteristics (adaptability, complexity, design quality and packaging), as well as outer setting (peer pressure), inner setting (implementation climate, staff incentives, leadership engagement, available resources) and process (planning, opinion leaders, executing) domains. Regional clinicians evaluated the networks and communications construct more favourably. Conclusions: Specific barriers identified more strongly by regional clinicians included the importance of communication with local clinicians and leadership about the practicalities of incorporating the approach into routine practice (allocation of time, increased accessibility of implementation team). Metropolitan clinicians provided more favourable evaluations of the package design, implementation climate and specific implementation processes such as a clear and informative implementation plan.
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