Do attitudes about unhealthy alcohol and other drug (AOD) use impact primary care professionals' readiness to implement AOD-related preventive care?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 655-661

  Amaral Sabadini, Michaela B ^a   Saitz, Richard ^b,c   Souza Formigoni, Maria Lucia O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attitude; Drug; Primary health care; Stigmatisation

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77958586898     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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