Screening and Counseling for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care Practices
The findings of this quality improvement study suggest that practice facilitation was associated with increased adoption of evidence-based screening and counseling for unhealthy alcohol use when provided to small and medium-sized primary care practices. This increase is projected to substantially reduce the harms of unhealthy alcohol use.
Authors
- Sarah A. Birken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0591-4800)
- Robert C. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9430-6515)
- Sean Riley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2005-030X)
- Marcella H. Boynton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7793-2111)
- Chris Weathington
- Leslie Brouwer
- Kimberly Shoenbill
- Darren A. DeWalt
- Debbie Grammer
- Mary McCaskill
- Colleen Barclay
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Columbus State University (US)
- Moffitt Cancer Center (US)
- Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences (US)
- Coastal Area Health Education Center (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.53518
- Primary Topic
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality