The SBIRT program matrix: a conceptual framework for program implementation and evaluation.

Background And Aims: Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach to the delivery of services to those at risk for the adverse consequences of alcohol and other drug use, and for those with probable substance use disorders. Research on successful SBIRT implementation has lagged behind studies of efficacy and effectiveness. This paper (1) outlines a conceptual framework, the SBIRT Program Matrix, to guide implementation research and program evaluation and (2) specifies potential implementation outcomes.

Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT): implementation barriers, facilitators and model migration.

Aims: To identify barriers and facilitators associated with initial implementation of a US alcohol and other substance use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) grant program, and to identify modifications in program design that addressed implementation challenges.

Design: A mixed-method approach used quantitative and qualitative data, including SBIRT provider ratings of implementation barriers and facilitators, staff interview responses and program documentation.

Setting: Multiple sites within the first seven programs funded in a national demonstration program in the United States.

Sustaining Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) services in health-care settings.

Aims: To assess the sustainability of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) services after cessation of initial start-up funding.

Design: Descriptive study with quantitative and qualitative data collected from 34 staff participants from six grantees (comprising 103 sites) funded previously through a large, federally supported SBIRT program.

Setting: Primary care out-patient clinics and hospitals in the United States.

An empirical evaluation of the US Beer Institute's self-regulation code governing the content of beer advertising.

Objectives: We evaluated advertising code violations using the US Beer Institute guidelines for responsible advertising.

Methods: We applied the Delphi rating technique to all beer ads (n = 289) broadcast in national markets between 1999 and 2008 during the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament games. Fifteen public health professionals completed ratings using quantitative scales measuring the content of alcohol advertisements (e.

A new method for evaluating compliance with industry self-regulation codes governing the content of alcohol advertising.

Background: This study evaluated the use of a modified Delphi technique in combination with a previously developed alcohol advertising rating procedure to detect content violations in the U.S. Beer Institute Code.