“I didn't even know headspace had the drug thing until today”: A socio-ecological analysis of access to drug and alcohol interventions in integrated youth health care services

While this Australian example of an integrated youth health care model is well placed to provide YP AOD interventions, a mismatch existed between practitioner capability and YP needs. The sampled practitioners described limited AOD knowledge, and low confidence in providing AOD interventions. At the organizational level, multiple AOD intervention supply and utilization issues occurred. Taken together, these problems likely underlie previous findings of poor service utilization and low user satisfaction.

Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - January 23, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Nicole Snowdon, Julaine Allan, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ryan J. Courtney Source Type: research