Indiana University SBIRT Research

There is a large volume of published research on SBIRT. On this page, we highlight work conducted by researchers at Indiana University.

2025

Effects of a structured SBIRT training program for hospital nursing leaders on utilization of SBIRT within their medical-surgical units: cohort study

2021

Interprofessional development case study of an SBIRT web-based app for education and practice

Development and assessment of the usability of a web-based referral to treatment tool for persons with substance use disorders

Implementation of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) by nurses on acute care units: A qualitative descriptive study

Strategies to promote the implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in healthcare settings: a scoping review

Perceptions of the barriers, facilitators, outcomes, and helpfulness of strategies to implement screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment in acute care

2020

Pilot study of the influence of self-coding on empathy within an introductory motivational interviewing training

Development and use of a toolkit to facilitate implementation of an evidence-based intervention: a descriptive case study

Variation in SBIRT delivery among acute care facilities

2019

Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) training for nurses in acute care settings: Lessons learned

2018

An Initial Assessment of the Utility of Validated Alcohol and Drug Screening Tools in Predicting 30-Day Readmission to Adult General Medicine Wards

‘Asking’ but Not ‘Screening’: Assessing Physicians’ and Nurses’ Substance-Related Clinical Behaviors

Study protocol testing toolkit versus usual care for implementation of screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment in hospitals: a phased cluster randomized approach

2017

Effects and Durability of an SBIRT Training Curriculum for First-Year MSW Students

2016

Are We There Yet? A Review of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Implementation Fidelity Tools and Proficiency Checklists

If You Teach It, They Will Screen: Advanced Practice Nursing Students' Use of Screening and Brief Intervention in the Clinical Setting

2015

An Assessment of SBIRT Prescreening and Screening Outcomes by Medical Setting and Administration Methodology

Statewide Administration of the CRAFFT Screening Tool: Highlighting the Spectrum of Substance Use

2014

Screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment (SBIRT), and motivational interviewing for PGY-1 medical residents

Connecting patients to services: Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment in primary health care

Assessing the relationship between medical residents' perceived barriers to SBIRT implementation and their documentation of SBIRT in clinical practice

2013

Adaptation of alcohol and drug screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) to a department of intercollegiate athletics: the COMPASS project