Screening for Youth Substance Use

Recruiting in Palo Alto (17 mi)

Age: Any Age

Sex: Any

Travel: May Be Covered

Time Reimbursement: Varies

Trial Phase: Academic

Waitlist Available

Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente

No Placebo Group

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?This study evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of two modalities of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to reduce adolescent alcohol and other drug (AOD) use in a large pediatrics clinic.

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for adolescent primary care providers and their patients aged 12-18 at a specific pediatric clinic. It aims to assess methods to reduce youth alcohol and drug use. Providers outside this clinic or patient records not from this site are excluded.

Inclusion Criteria

All adolescent primary care providers at the pediatric primary care clinic will be included

I am between 12 and 18 years old and my health records are at a pediatric care facility.

Exclusion Criteria

Any adolescent primary care providers not practicing at the pediatric primary care clinic research site will be excluded

Adolescents electronic records who are not part of the research site pediatric clinic will be excluded.

Participant Groups

The study is testing two approaches of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in a pediatrics clinic setting to see which is more effective at reducing alcohol and other drug use among adolescents.

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Primary Care PhysicianExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

If the adolescent is identified at risk for substance use, the screening and brief intervention referral to treatment delivered is by the primary care physician

Group II: Behavioral Medicine SpecialistExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

If the adolescent is identified at risk for substance use, the screening and brief intervention referral to treatment delivered by the behavioral medicine specialist

Group III: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention

Care is administered as usual