Evaluation of a Training to Reduce Provider Bias Toward Pregnant Patients With Substance Abuse |
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Authors: | Dara Seybold Byron Calhoun Denise Burgess Tammi Lewis Kelly Gilbert Angie Casto |
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Affiliation: | 1. CAMC Health Education and Research Institute, Charleston, West Virginia, USA;2. Department of Obstetrics &3. Gynecology, West Virginia University–Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia, USA;4. CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital, Charleston, West Virginia, USA;5. CAMC Family Resource Center, Charleston, West Virginia, USA |
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Abstract: | The objective of this article is not to present a scientific or systematic study, but to provide an initial framework for designing a training workshop to enhance health practitioners’ (nurses, social workers, physicians, etc.) knowledge regarding substance abuse treatment and to decrease their bias toward substance-abusing women, particularly pregnant women in rural communities. We incorporated the 4 Transdisciplinary Foundations from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Competencies Model, with specific competencies targeted that related to provider bias. After the conference, 52 of the 70 participants completed a questionnaire to self-assess knowledge level and confidence in skill related to substance abuse management. Participant mean scores were statistically significantly higher following the conference than 1 week prior (p < .001) in the area of “gender difference with substance abuse,” moving from an average of 2.6 to 4.5 on a 5-point Likert scale. Our conference was successful in increasing attendees’ knowledge about gender difference and substance abuse among pregnant patients. |
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Keywords: | gender difference health practitioners pregnancy provider attitudes rural health care substance abuse training |
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