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| Title |
A qualitative study of referring agents’ perceptions of access barriers to inpatient substance abuse treatment centres in the Western Cape
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12954-015-0064-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Deborah Isobell, Kamal Kamaloodien, Shazly Savahl |
| Abstract |
Despite empirical support for the individual and public health benefits of treating substance use disorders (SUDs) , access to these services is impeded by several barriers. Although many studies on access barriers have been put forward in the literature, few have explored the barriers to accessing state-funded inpatient substance abuse treatment or the views of referral agents. A qualitative study was conducted to explore referring agents' perceptions of the barriers to accessing state-funded inpatient substance abuse treatment centres in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Six individual in-depth interviews were conducted and analysed using theoretical thematic analysis. The key barriers to emerge from the analysis pertained to referring agents' perceptions of the following: service users, the substance abuse referral and treatment system and community dynamics. Recommendations are made for interventions to address the identified barriers. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| South Africa | 1 | 14% |
| Belgium | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 60 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 60 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 15% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 28 | 47% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 13% |
| Psychology | 7 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 25 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 October 2015.
All research outputs
#14,254,992
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#818
of 1,119 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#127,783
of 286,827 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#20
of 27 outputs
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