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Behavioral Health Solutions: An Online Training Program for Evidence-Based Treatm

Award Number: R44DA028001
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2010
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2015

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Behavioral Health Solutions: An Online Training Program for Evidence-Based Treatm - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The addiction treatment field continues to lag in implementing treatments based on scientific evidence. Treatment systems are now being held accountable for providing evidence-based treatments (EBTs). As a result, there is increasing pressure on counselors to adopt and implement empirically-supported treatments such as motivational enhancement, cognitive behavioral treatment, and twelve-step facilitation. Current efforts rely primarily on downloads, online courses, and training announcements - all of which are static methods. These methods are not tailored to counselors' educational needs or client caseloads. We are therefore proposing the development of Behavioral Health Solutions, which will provide tailored, real-time, evidence- based treatment recommendations to substance abuse counselors. These recommendations will be based on core elements of EBTs and provide step-by-step EBT delivery directions, instructional videos, and handouts for clients. The goal of this product is to increase the understanding and effective use of evidence-based practices so that counselors can more flexibly use these practices with their substance-abusing clients. Behavioral Health Solutions will be available on mobile devices, allowing counselors to easily access important interventions that are relevant to current client needs. This innovative product represents a major advancement over current training methods, which are asynchronous with treatment delivery, cumbersome, and often too costly to use in day-to-day clinical work. Other advantages of this product include: (1) training that occurs in proximity to treatment, thereby increasing the potential for implementation; (2) content that is linked to pertinent client resources; (3) standard content review and updates (via Hazelden's large editorial operation); (4) content that is easily tagged and pushed, and (5) the ability to track counselor implementation of EBTs. This Phase II embodies a collaboration between two organizations with extensive experience in the addictions and behavioral health fields. Hazelden Publishing (Center City, MN) is a leader in providing evidence-based programs for the full continuum of care, ranging from prevention and intervention to treatment and recovery management. Inflexxion (Newton, MA) has conducted interactive health research in the addictions for the past 17 years. The goal of Phase II is to demonstrate that Behavioral Health Solutions will significantly improve counselor EBT implementation. The field test will examine the primary hypotheses that, relative to a control condition (treatment as usual with access to online EBT materials), counselors assigned to the Experimental group will evidence significantly greater: (1) EBT self-efficacy, (2) positive attitudes about the use of EBTs, and (3) self- reported use of EBTs.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $456,549 )
2014	2014	INFLEXXION INC	320 NEEDHAM STREET	NEWTON	MA	02464	MIDDLESEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	8/11/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$456,549
														Subtotal = $456,549

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $1,439,478 )
2013	2013	INFLEXXION INC	320 NEEDHAM STREET	NEWTON	MA	02464	MIDDLESEX	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	8/22/2013	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,439,478
														Subtotal = $1,439,478

Grand Total All Awards = $1,896,027

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Behavioral Health Solutions: An Online Training Program for Evidence-Based Treatm

Award Number: R44DA028001

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2010

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2015

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