Large-scale implementation of alcohol brief interventions in new settings in Scotland: a qualitative interview study of a national programme

BMC Public Health

Jim McCambridge¹  Susie Heywood³  Lucy Platt¹  Niamh Fitzgerald² 

[1] Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK;Institute for Health and Wellbeing Research, Robert Gordon University, Riverside Campus, Aberdeen AB10 7GJ, UK;Glasgow City Community Health Partnership, North-East Sector, Eastbank Health Promotion & Training Centre, Academy Street, Glasgow G32 9AA, UK

关键词: Target;    Brief advice;    Implementation;    Brief intervention;    Alcohol;   

Others  :  1170967
DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-1527-6

 received in 2014-10-01, accepted in 2015-02-12,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

This study aimed to explore experiences of implementation of alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) in settings outside of primary healthcare in the Scottish national programme. The focus of the study was on strategies and learning to support ABI implementation in settings outside of primary healthcare in general, rather on issues specific to any single setting.

Methods

14 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with senior implementation leaders in antenatal, accident and emergency and wider settings and audio-recorded. Interviews were analysed inductively.

Results

The process of achieving large-scale, routine implementation of ABI proved challenging for all involved across the settings. Interviewees reported their experiences and identified five main strategies as helpful for strategic implementation efforts in any setting: (1) Having a high-profile target for the number of ABIs delivered in a specific time period with clarity about whose responsibility it was to implement the target; (2) Gaining support from senior staff from the start; (3) Adapting the intervention, using a pragmatic, collaborative approach, to fit with current practice; (4) Establishing practical and robust recording, monitoring and reporting systems for intervention delivery, prior to widespread implementation; and (5) Establishing close working relationships with frontline staff including flexible approaches to training and readily available support.

Conclusions

This qualitative study suggests that even with significant national support, funding and a specific delivery target, ABI implementation in new settings is not straightforward. Those responsible for planning similar initiatives should critically consider the relevance and value of the five implementation strategies identified.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Fitzgerald et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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