Training primary health care providers in Colombia, Mexico and Peru to increase alcohol screening: Mixed-methods process evaluation of implementation strategy
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Training primary health care providers in Colombia, Mexico and Peru to increase alcohol screening: Mixed-methods process evaluation of implementation strategy. / Kokole, Daša; Jané-Llopis, Eva; Natera Rey, Guillermina; Aguilar, Natalia Bautista; Medina Aguilar, Perla Sonia; Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana; Mora, Katherine; Restrepo, Natalia; Bustamante, Ines; Piazza, Marina; O’Donnell, Amy; Solovei, Adriana; Mercken, Liesbeth; Schmidt, Christiane Sybille; Lopez-Pelayo, Hugo; Matrai, Silvia; Braddick, Fleur; Gual, Antoni; Rehm, Jürgen; Anderson, Peter; de Vries, Hein.
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T1 - Training primary health care providers in Colombia, Mexico and Peru to increase alcohol screening: Mixed-methods process evaluation of implementation strategy
AU - Kokole, Daša
AU - Jané-Llopis, Eva
AU - Natera Rey, Guillermina
AU - Aguilar, Natalia Bautista
AU - Medina Aguilar, Perla Sonia
AU - Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana
AU - Mora, Katherine
AU - Restrepo, Natalia
AU - Bustamante, Ines
AU - Piazza, Marina
AU - O’Donnell, Amy
AU - Solovei, Adriana
AU - Mercken, Liesbeth
AU - Schmidt, Christiane Sybille
AU - Lopez-Pelayo, Hugo
AU - Matrai, Silvia
AU - Braddick, Fleur
AU - Gual, Antoni
AU - Rehm, Jürgen
AU - Anderson, Peter
AU - de Vries, Hein
N1 - doi: 10.1177/26334895221112693
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - BackgroundInitial results from the SCALA study demonstrated that training primary health care providers is an effective implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening in Colombia, Mexico and Peru, but did not show evidence of superior performance for the standard compared to the shorter training arm. This paper elaborates on those outcomes by examining the relationship of training-related process evaluation indicators with the alcohol screening practice.MethodsA mix of convergent and exploratory mixed-methods design was employed. Data sources included training documentation, post-training questionnaires, observation forms, self-report forms and interviews. Available quantitative data were compared on outcome measure ? providers? alcohol screening.ResultsTraining reach was high: three hundred fifty-two providers (72.3% of all eligible) participated in one or more training or booster sessions. Country differences in session length reflected adaptation to previous topic knowledge and experience of the providers. Overall, 49% of attendees conducted alcohol screening in practice. A higher dose received was positively associated with screening, but there was no difference between standard and short training arms. Although the training sessions were well received by participants, satisfaction with training and perceived utility for practice were not associated with screening. Profession, but not age or gender, was associated with screening: in Colombia and Mexico, doctors and psychologists were more likely to screen (although the latter represented only a small proportion of the sample) and in Peru, only psychologists.ConclusionsThe SCALA training programme was well received by the participants and led to half of the participating providers conducting alcohol screening in their primary health care practice. The dose received and the professional role were the key factors associated with conducting the alcohol screening in practice.Plain Language Summary: Primary health care providers can play an important role in detecting heavy drinkers among their consulting patients, and training can be an effective implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening and detection. Existing training literature predominantly focuses on evaluating trainings in high-income countries, or evaluating their effectiveness rather than implementation. As part of SCALA (Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders in Latin America) study, we evaluated training as implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening in primary health care in a middle-income context. Overall, 72.3% of eligible providers attended the training and 49% of training attendees conducted alcohol screening in practice after attending the training. Our process evaluation suggests that simple intervention with sufficient time to practice, adapted to limited provider availability, is optimal to balance training feasibility and effectiveness; that booster sessions are especially important in context with lower organizational or structural support; and that ongoing training refinement during the implementation period is necessary.
AB - BackgroundInitial results from the SCALA study demonstrated that training primary health care providers is an effective implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening in Colombia, Mexico and Peru, but did not show evidence of superior performance for the standard compared to the shorter training arm. This paper elaborates on those outcomes by examining the relationship of training-related process evaluation indicators with the alcohol screening practice.MethodsA mix of convergent and exploratory mixed-methods design was employed. Data sources included training documentation, post-training questionnaires, observation forms, self-report forms and interviews. Available quantitative data were compared on outcome measure ? providers? alcohol screening.ResultsTraining reach was high: three hundred fifty-two providers (72.3% of all eligible) participated in one or more training or booster sessions. Country differences in session length reflected adaptation to previous topic knowledge and experience of the providers. Overall, 49% of attendees conducted alcohol screening in practice. A higher dose received was positively associated with screening, but there was no difference between standard and short training arms. Although the training sessions were well received by participants, satisfaction with training and perceived utility for practice were not associated with screening. Profession, but not age or gender, was associated with screening: in Colombia and Mexico, doctors and psychologists were more likely to screen (although the latter represented only a small proportion of the sample) and in Peru, only psychologists.ConclusionsThe SCALA training programme was well received by the participants and led to half of the participating providers conducting alcohol screening in their primary health care practice. The dose received and the professional role were the key factors associated with conducting the alcohol screening in practice.Plain Language Summary: Primary health care providers can play an important role in detecting heavy drinkers among their consulting patients, and training can be an effective implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening and detection. Existing training literature predominantly focuses on evaluating trainings in high-income countries, or evaluating their effectiveness rather than implementation. As part of SCALA (Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders in Latin America) study, we evaluated training as implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening in primary health care in a middle-income context. Overall, 72.3% of eligible providers attended the training and 49% of training attendees conducted alcohol screening in practice after attending the training. Our process evaluation suggests that simple intervention with sufficient time to practice, adapted to limited provider availability, is optimal to balance training feasibility and effectiveness; that booster sessions are especially important in context with lower organizational or structural support; and that ongoing training refinement during the implementation period is necessary.
U2 - 10.1177/26334895221112693
DO - 10.1177/26334895221112693
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 26334895221112693
JO - Implementation Research and Practice
JF - Implementation Research and Practice
SN - 2633-4895
M1 - 26334895221112693
ER -