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

Wayne N. Welsh; Hannah K. Knudsen; Kevin Knight; Lori Ducharme; Jennifer Pankow; Terry Urbine; Adrienne Lindsey; Sami Abdel-Salam; Jennifer Wood; Laura Monico; Nathan Link; Carmen Albizu-Garcia; Peter D. Friedmann

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, Hannah K. Knudsen, Kevin Knight, Lori Ducharme, Jennifer Pankow, Terry Urbine, Adrienne Lindsey, Sami Abdel-Salam, Jennifer Wood, Laura Monico, Nathan Link, Carmen Albizu-Garcia, Peter D. Friedmann

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105-121
Number of pages	17
Journal	Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-014-0623-8
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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Funding Information:
This study was funded under a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH/NIDA), with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, US Department of Justice. The authors gratefully acknowledge the collaborative contributions by NIDA; the Coordinating Center, AMAR International, Inc.; and the Research Centers participating in CJ-DATS. The Research Centers include: Arizona State University and Maricopa County Adult Probation (U01DA025307); University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Department of Correction (U01DA016194); University of Delaware and the Delaware Department of Correction (U01DA016230); Friends Research Institute and the Maryland Department of Public Safety Correctional Services'Division of Parole and Probation (U01DA025233); University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Department of Corrections (U01DA016205); University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Hospital and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (U01DA016191); Texas Christian University and the Illinois Department of Corrections (U01DA016190); Temple University and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (U01DA025284); and the University of California at Los Angeles and the Washington State Department of Corrections (U01DA016211). The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and should not be construed to represent the views of NIDA nor any of the sponsoring organizations, agencies, CJ-DATS partner sites, or the U.S. government.

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Keywords

Implementation
Inter-organizational relationships
Interagency relationships
Substance-related disorders
Treatment

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Psychiatric Mental Health
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Welsh, W. N., Knudsen, H. K., Knight, K., Ducharme, L., Pankow, J., Urbine, T., Lindsey, A., Abdel-Salam, S., Wood, J., Monico, L., Link, N., Albizu-Garcia, C., & Friedmann, P. D. (2016). Effects of an Organizational Linkage Intervention on Inter-Organizational Service Coordination Between Probation/Parole Agencies and Community Treatment Providers. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 43(1), 105-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-014-0623-8

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Welsh WN, Knudsen HK, Knight K, Ducharme L, Pankow J, Urbine T et al. Effects of an Organizational Linkage Intervention on Inter-Organizational Service Coordination Between Probation/Parole Agencies and Community Treatment Providers. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. 2016 Jan 1;43(1):105-121. 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

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