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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2016 Jan;43(1):105-21.
doi: 10.1007/s10488-014-0623-8.

Effects of an Organizational Linkage Intervention on Inter-Organizational Service Coordination Between Probation/Parole Agencies and Community Treatment Providers

Wayne N Welsh  1 , Hannah K Knudsen  2 , Kevin Knight  3 , Lori Ducharme  4 , Jennifer Pankow  3 , Terry Urbine  5 , Adrienne Lindsey  5 , Sami Abdel-Salam  6 , Jennifer Wood  7 , Laura Monico  6 , Nathan Link  7 , Carmen Albizu-Garcia  8 , Peter D Friedmann  9   10
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of an Organizational Linkage Intervention on Inter-Organizational Service Coordination Between Probation/Parole Agencies and Community Treatment Providers

Wayne N Welsh et al. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Weak coordination between community correctional agencies and community-based treatment providers is a major barrier to diffusion of medication-assisted treatment (MAT)--the inclusion of medications (e.g., methadone and buprenorphine) in combination with traditional counseling and behavioral therapies to treat substance use disorders. In a multisite cluster randomized trial, experimental sites (j = 10) received a 3-h MAT training plus a 12-month linkage intervention; control sites (j = 10) received the 3-h training alone. Hierarchical linear models showed that the intervention resulted in significant improvements in perceptions of interagency coordination among treatment providers, but not probation/parole agents. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

Keywords: Implementation; Inter-organizational relationships; Interagency relationships; Substance-related disorders; Treatment.

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