Assertive outreach: An effective strategy for engaging homeless persons with substance use disorders into treatment
Assertive outreach: An effective strategy for engaging homeless persons with substance use disorders into treatment
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DOI：
10.1080/00952990600754006
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发表时间：
2006-07-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
McCormack, Erin
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作者：
Fisk, Deborah;Rakfeldt, Jaak;McCormack, Erin
本研究的目的是检查药物滥用治疗转介，由外展工作者在无家可归者的外展项目。10名外展工作者完成了对他们的每一个客户的问卷调查，他们在过去一年中提到了药物滥用治疗计划。在转诊时收集了客户的动机水平，客户被转诊的机构以及客户是否被拒绝接受任何治疗方案的其他数据。双变量相关分析用于检查变量之间的关系。在一年内被转介接受药物滥用治疗的73名项目客户中，41%成功进入治疗。正如所料，有一个统计学上的显着关系客户的动机水平和完成转介，转介和程序接受。这项研究提供的证据表明，自信的推广是有效的参与和联系无家可归的人与物质滥用治疗服务的物质使用障碍。
The purpose of this study was to examine substance abuse treatment referrals that were made by outreach workers in a homeless outreach project. Ten outreach workers completed questionnaires on each of their clients who they had referred to a substance abuse treatment program over the previous year. Additional data was collected on the client's motivation level at the point the referral was made, which agencies the client was referred to, and if the client was rejected from any of the treatment programs. Bivariate correlation analyses were used to examine relationships between the variables. Of 73 project clients who were referred to substance abuse treatment in a one-year period of time, 41% successfully entered treatment. As might be expected, there was a statistically significant relationship between clients' motivation level and completed referral, and between referrals made and program acceptance. This study provides evidence that assertive outreach is effective in engaging and linking homeless persons with substance use disorders to substance abuse treatment services.