Original Article: Qualitative Study on Alcohol Use Screening and Management

"A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Practice Facilitation to Improve Delivery of Unhealthy Alcohol Use Screening and Management Services in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study"

Sage Journals
July 2025

Senior Instructor of Family Medicine Stephanie Kirchner, MSPH, RD, is a contributing author on the recent Sage Journals article: "A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Practice Facilitation to Improve Delivery of Unhealthy Alcohol Use Screening and Management Services in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study." 

From the publication:

"In 2019, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded 6 grantee teams to evaluate the effectiveness of practice facilitation (PF) as an implementation approach for improving the delivery of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force-recommended unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) services in primary care. This report characterizes practice facilitators’ first-hand experiences with implementation."