| Title | HIV care providers' implementation of routine alcohol reduction support for their patients. | | Author(s) | Strauss SM, Tiburcio NJ, Munoz-Plaza C, Gwadz M, Lunievicz J, Osborne A, Padilla D, McCarty-Arias M, Norman R | | Institution | Muriel and Virginia Pless Center for Nursing Research, NYU College of Nursing, 246 Greene Street, 616E, New York, New York 10003, USA. ss4313@nyu.edu | | Source | AIDS Patient Care STDS 2009 Mar; 23(3):211-8. | | MeSH | Alcohol Drinking
Behavior Therapy
Counseling
Female
HIV Infections
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel
Humans
Male
New York City
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
Questionnaires
Risk Reduction Behavior
| | Abstract | Screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol reduction is an important health promoting strategy for patients with HIV, and HIV care providers are optimally situated to support their patients' reduction efforts. We report results from analyses that use data collected from providers (n = 115) in 7 hospital-based HIV care centers in the New York City metropolitan area in 2007 concerning their routine use of 11 alcohol SBI components with their patients. Providers routinely implemented 5 or more of these alcohol SBI components if they (1) had a specific caseload (and were therefore responsible for a smaller number of patients), (2) had greater exposure to information about alcohol's effect on HIV, (3) had been in their present positions for at least 1 year, and (4) had greater self efficacy to support patients' alcohol reduction efforts. Findings suggest the importance of educating all HIV care providers about both the negative impact of excessive alcohol use on patients with HIV and the importance and value of alcohol SBIs. Findings also suggest the value of promoting increased self efficacy for at least some providers in implementing alcohol SBI components, especially through targeted alcohol SBI training. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
| | PubMed ID | 19866539 |
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