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ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2023

Improving assessment of alcohol treatment barriers among Latino and White adults with an alcohol use disorder: Development of the barriers to specialty alcohol treatment scale.

M Pinedo, Y Castro, P A Gilbert, R Caetano, S E Zemore

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Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2023. 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 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

M PinedoKinesiology & Health Education, UT Austin, United States. Electronic address: mpinedo@austin.utexas.edu.
Y CastroSteve Hicks School of Social Work, UT Austin, United States.
P A GilbertCollege of Public Health, University of Iowa, United States.
R CaetanoPacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, United States.
S E ZemoreAlcohol Research Group, United States.
The University of Texas at Austin · USAlcohol Research Group · USInstitute for Research and Evaluation · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Recovery Definitions and Behavior Change Processes in Recovery outside of TreatmentR01AA027266 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI GILBERT, PAUL A., ZEMORE, SARAH E. · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
Mutual Help Alternatives for Alcohol Problems: Benefits and Causal MechanismsR01AA027920 · NIAAA · PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE · PI ZEMORE, SARAH E. · 2020 to 2023
$1.4M
Understanding disparities in alcohol treatment services utilizationR01AA027767 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI PINEDO, MIGUEL · 2019 to 2021
$1.1M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA027266NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA027767NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA027920
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe present study's aims were two-fold. First, we sought to validate a novel measure to assess barriers to specialty alcohol treatment among White and Latino individuals with an alcohol use disorder (AUD): The Barriers to Specialty Alcohol Treatment (BSAT) scale. Second, we sought to demonstrate that the BSAT scale could be used to explain Latino-White disparities in barriers to alcohol treatment.

methodsIn 2021, we recruited an online national sample of 1200 White and Latino adults with a recent AUD. Participants completed an online questionnaire that included the BSAT items. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were conducted to validate the BSAT. Multiple group analyses across race/ethnicity and language were also performed using the final model.

resultsThe final model consisted of 36 items across 7 factors that reflect barriers related to low problem recognition, recovery goals, low perceived treatment efficacy, cultural factors, immigration-related concerns, low perceived social support, and logistical barriers. The final model's factor structure and factor loadings held up across race/ethnicity and language. The top endorsed barriers were low problem recognition, recovery goals, low perceived social support, logistical issues, and low perceived treatment efficacy. Compared to Whites, Latinos were more likely to report perceived lack of social support, logistical barriers, low perceived treatment efficacy, cultural barriers, and immigration-related concerns as barriers.

conclusionFindings provide empirical support for the validity of the BSAT scale, which offers improved measurement of specialty alcohol treatment barriers and can be used to explore Latino-White disparities in a future study.

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AlcoholismHealthcare DisparitiesAdultEthnicityHispanic or LatinoHumansWhite PeopleAlcohol treatmentAlcohol use disorderHealth disparitiesLatinosSpecialty treatmentSubstance use treatment

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PMID37156194
PMCPMC10802933
OpenAlexW4367547638

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