Titre : | Educating treatment professionals about addiction science research : demographics of knowledge and belief changes |
Titre traduit : | (Informer les intervenants de la recherche scientifique en matière d'addiction : étude de la modification du niveau de connaissance et des croyances) |
Auteurs : | LAWSON K. A. ; R. E. WILCOX ; LITTLEFIELD J. H. ; PITUCH K. A. ; C. K. ERICKSON |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2004 |
Format : | 1235-1258 / tabl. ; graph. |
Note générale : |
Substance Use and Misuse, 2004, 39, (8), 1235-1258 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | TRA (Traitement et prise en charge / Treatment and care) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés TRAITEMENT ; RECHERCHE ; INFORMATION ; INTERVENANT ; EVOLUTION |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Communication of accurate, objective, and timely scientific information to treatment professionals is importantespecially in the drug abuse and addiction field where misinformation and a lack of exposure to new information are common. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and belief changes that accompanied educational workshops (3 or 6 hr-long) on addiction science targeted to treatment professionals (N = 1403) given in the United States and Puerto Rico between July 2000 and August 2001. Each workshop covered three main concepts: (1) terms and definitions; (2) basic neurochemistry of addiction; and (3) how new neurobiological knowledge will affect the treatment of addictions in the future. Analysis of variance was used to compare mean pretest to posttest change scores among levels of four independent variables: gender, age, occupation/position, and race/ethnicity. Workshop participants achieved a significant improvement in knowledge about addiction with younger groups achieving greater gains. Participants beliefs shifted in the desired direction. Significant differences in belief shifts occurred among occupational and gender groups, but not among race/ethnicity or age groups. There was also a consistent change in the policy belief subscale that related to how strongly the audience members believed research on addiction was important. We conclude that addiction science education provided to treatment professionals can increase their knowledge and change their beliefs about the causes of addictions. In addition, the workshop participants form a base of constituents who are likely to support greater addiction research funding. (Editor's abstract.) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. ; graph. |
Domaine : | Plusieurs produits / Several products |
Refs biblio. : | 13 |
Affiliation : |
The university of Texas, PHAR-Pharmacy Admin, 1 University Station A1930, Austin, TX 78712-0127. E-mail : kenlawsonmail.utexas.edu Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 404675 |
Centre Emetteur : | 04 CIRDD-51 |
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