@article{ref1,
title="Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in a polish emergency room: challenges in cultural translation of SBIRT",
journal="Journal of addictions nursing",
year="2009",
author="Cherpitel, Cheryl J. and Bernstein, Elizabeth and Bernstein, J. and Moskalewicz, Jacek and Swiatkiewicz, Grazyna",
volume="20",
number="3",
pages="127-131",
abstract="A randomized clinical controlled trial of screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for drinking and related problems among at-risk and dependent drinkers, using nurse interventionists, was undertaken in an emergency room (ER) in Sosnowiec, Poland, the first level-one trauma center in that country. This study was the first outside of the U.S. to test protocols developed in a 14-site collaborative SBIRT study. Because Poland has both a pattern of heavy drinking and a highly accessible specialized alcohol treatment system, it offered a key setting for cultural translation of SBIRT to the international context of a new and emerging health care system. It also offered the opportunity to test the effectiveness of SBIRT with both at-risk and dependent drinkers, and to test the feasibility of using ER nursing staff to provide the brief intervention, serving as a potential model for ongoing implementation of SBIRT in ER settings. Findings suggest that the U.S.-based SBIRT protocols can be successfully translated to other cultures, and that nurses can be successfully trained to provide brief intervention for problem drinking in the ER setting.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1088-4602",
doi="10.1080/10884600903047618",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10884600903047618"
}