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ArticleBMJ open2016

Examining the pathways for young people with drug and alcohol dependence: a mixed-method design to examine the role of a treatment programme.

Sally Nathan, Patrick Rawstorne, Andrew Hayen, Joanne Bryant, Eileen Baldry, Mark Ferry, Megan Williams, Marian Shanahan, Ranmalie Jayasinha

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Article in BMJ open, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sally NathanFaculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Patrick RawstorneFaculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Andrew HayenFaculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Joanne BryantFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Eileen BaldryFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Mark FerryTed Noffs Foundation, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Megan WilliamsCentre for Health Research, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Marian ShanahanFaculty of Medicine, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ranmalie JayasinhaFaculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
UNSW Sydney · AUWestern Sydney University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionYoung people with drug and alcohol problems are likely to have poorer health and other psychosocial outcomes than other young people. Residential treatment programmes have been shown to lead to improved health and related outcomes for young people in the short term. There is very little robust research showing longer term outcomes or benefits of such programmes. This paper describes an innovative protocol to examine the longer term outcomes and experiences of young people referred to a residential life management and treatment programme in Australia designed to address alcohol and drug issues in a holistic manner. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a mixed-methods study that will retrospectively and prospectively examine young people's pathways into and out of a residential life management programme. The study involves 3 components: (1) retrospective data linkage of programme data to health and criminal justice administrative data sets, (2) prospective cohort (using existing programme baseline data and a follow-up survey) and (3) qualitative in-depth interviews with a subsample of the prospective cohort. The study will compare findings among young people who are referred and (a) stay 30 days or more in the programme (including those who go on to continuing care and those who do not); (b) start, but stay fewer than 30 days in the programme; (c) are assessed, but do not start the programme. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval has been sought from several ethics committees including a university ethics committee, state health departments and an Aboriginal-specific ethics committee. The results of the study will be published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at research conferences, disseminated via a report for the general public and through Facebook communications. The study will inform the field more broadly about the value of different methods in evaluating programmes and examining the pathways and trajectories of vulnerable young people.

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Residential TreatmentAdolescentAlcoholismAustraliaCrimeFemaleHarm ReductionHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMedical Record LinkageProspective StudiesQualitative ResearchResearch DesignRetrospective StudiesSubstance Abuse Treatment CentersDrug and alcoholMixed-methods study designProgram evaluationResidential treatment programYoung people

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PMID27225650
PMCPMC4885449
OpenAlexW2406298930

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