TY - JOUR
T1 - Research network involvement and addiction treatment center staff
T2 - Counselor attitudes toward buprenorphine
AU - Knudsen, Hannah K.
AU - Ducharme, Lori J.
AU - Roman, Paul M.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - The National Institute on Drug Abuse's Clinical Trials Network (CTN) aims to improve addiction treatment in the United States in part through technology transfer. Given the importance of clinicians in the technology transfer process, this research compares 561 CTN-affiliated and 1,745 non-CTN counselors' ratings of buprenorphine acceptability. CTN-affiliated counselors reported significantly greater acceptability than non-CTN counselors. This difference was not explained by controlling for counselor characteristics, but was completely attenuated by measures of buprenorphine-specific training and buprenorphine implementation. These data suggest that the CTN's impact on counselor attitudes may be attributed to the greater exposure to buprenorphine received by CTN-affiliated counselors.
AB - The National Institute on Drug Abuse's Clinical Trials Network (CTN) aims to improve addiction treatment in the United States in part through technology transfer. Given the importance of clinicians in the technology transfer process, this research compares 561 CTN-affiliated and 1,745 non-CTN counselors' ratings of buprenorphine acceptability. CTN-affiliated counselors reported significantly greater acceptability than non-CTN counselors. This difference was not explained by controlling for counselor characteristics, but was completely attenuated by measures of buprenorphine-specific training and buprenorphine implementation. These data suggest that the CTN's impact on counselor attitudes may be attributed to the greater exposure to buprenorphine received by CTN-affiliated counselors.
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U2 - 10.1080/10550490701525418
DO - 10.1080/10550490701525418
M3 - Article
C2 - 17882607
AN - SCOPUS:34548831702
SN - 1055-0496
VL - 16
SP - 365
EP - 371
JO - American Journal on Addictions
JF - American Journal on Addictions
IS - 5
ER -