Telemedicine-based alcohol services for rural offenders |
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Authors: | Michele Staton-Tindall Elizabeth Wahler J Matthew Webster Theodore Godlaski Rebecca Freeman Carl Leukefeld |
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Affiliation: | University of Kentucky, College of Social Work. |
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Abstract: | Research has consistently shown that alcohol use is a problem in rural communities and access to substance abuse treatment, particularly evidence-based treatment is limited. Because telemedicine has been shown to be effective in delivering services, this article presents a novel and innovative way of using telemedicine technology in the form of videoconferencing to deliver an evidence-based alcohol intervention (motivational enhancement therapy) with at-risk alcohol users in real-world settings (rural probation and parole offices). This article focuses on: (a) creating a profile of an at-risk group of rural alcohol users; (b) describing the evidence-based intervention; and (c) describing the innovative telemedicine-based service delivery approach. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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