Racial/ethnic and gender differences in receipt of brief intervention among patients with unhealthy alcohol use in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration

Brief intervention (BI) for unhealthy alcohol use is a top prevention priority for adults in the U.S, but rates of BI receipt vary across patients. We examine BI receipt across race/ethnicity and gender in a national cohort of patients from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) —the largest U.S. integrated healthcare system and a leader in implementing preventive care for unhealthy alcohol use.

Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - July 14, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Jessica A. Chen, Joseph E. Glass, Kara M. Bensley, Simon B. Goldberg, Keren Lehavot, Emily C. Williams Source Type: research