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Item Effects of Training on Social Work, Nursing and Medical Trainees' Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Related to Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use(2017-04) Carlson, Joan M.; Schwindt, Rhonda; Agley, J.; Gassman, R. A.; McNelis, Angela M.; Vannerson, J.; Crapp, D.; School of Social WorkIndiana University's Schools of Social Work, Nursing and Medicine formed a consortium to advance education for Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). Trainees participated in SBIRT training and completed data collection before, immediately after, and 30 days after a face-to-face training. The study explored participants' perceptions about the training and the likelihood of implementing SBI in practice, including attitudes and beliefs that may be predictive of SBIRT utilization in clinical practice. Results show the training targeting SBI and MI behaviors may improve participants' self-reported competence with SBI. This improvement was consistent and strong in all programs. The study results also provided a preliminary indication that the training affected participants' perception of time utilization and compensation for performing SBI.Item Making a Choice(Taylor & Francis, 2019) Carlson, Joan M.; School of Social WorkIt is our responsibility as educators to see that our students receive training to meet the present-day challenges facing our clients. The graduate programs in social work are especially suited for training and implementing Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) as these programs prepare advanced practitioners to provide care to those with the greatest need and often the least access to mental health and addiction treatment. Schools of Social Work have a strong history of placing advanced clinical MSW interns that focus on diverse populations in behavioral health clinics, primary care clinics, hospitals, substance abuse clinics, schools, residential facilities, family preservation and reunification, child services as well as an essential presence in the VA system. Making a choice to include SBIRT training in our curricula is a viable strategy for enhancing the skills our students will need in practice with strong potential to increase the number of providers while significantly increasing access to behavioral interventions for clients and patients.Item Predictors of Acceptance: Exploring Healthcare-Related Master's-Level Social Workers' Attitudes on Alcohol Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder, and Medication-Assisted Treatment(2022-08) Bartholomew, Joseph Brooks; Carlson, Joan M.; Lay, Kathy; Agley, Jon; Crabb, David; Kim, Hea-WonHeavy alcohol consumption and opioid overdose rates continue to increase in the United States (U.S.). Social workers provide approximately 70% of the behavioral healthcare in the U.S. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combines FDA-approved medications with psychosocial interventions to provide a comprehensive approach to recovery for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). However, stigmatized attitudes toward individuals with AUD, OUD, and MAT limit MAT’s use. Guided by critical social theory, this study explores factors that predict master’s-level social workers’ (MSWs) attitudes toward AUD and OUD and, by extension, factors that predict their acceptance of MAT. A repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) identified MSWs from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio (N = 140) having more favorable statistically significant (p < 0.001) attitudes toward individuals with AUD than those with OUD. Multiple regression models used age, gender identity, political ideology, years working in addiction (tenure), social work licensure, and 12-step facilitation beliefs to predict AUD and OUD attitudes, with AUD and OUD attitudes included in the regression models for MAT acceptance. Increased years working in addiction (tenure) was a statistically significant predictor in elevating attitudes toward individuals with AUD (p < 0.05) and OUD (p < 0.01). A more liberal political ideology (p < 0.001), increased years working in addiction (tenure) (p < 0.05), and more favorable attitudes toward individuals with AUD and OUD (p < 0.001) were statistically significant predictors in MAT acceptance. These results warrant increasing MSWs’ education on addiction and research on factors that impact their acceptance of MAT. Increasing MSWs’ education on addiction may lower stigmatized attitudes toward individuals with AUD and OUD and increase MAT acceptance. MSWs’ increased acceptance of MAT could improve patient health outcomes.