Introduction The present study's aims were two-fold. First, we sought to validate a novel
measure to assess barriers to specialty alcohol treatment among White and Latino …

Background National studies have documented that Latinos are less likely to use specialty
substance abuse treatment (eg, rehabilitation programs, in/out-patient services) than other …

Background: Few studies have measured addiction-specific barriers to treatment. A
measurement of barriers with psychometric support that has been tested in diverse samples …

Objective Specialty addictions treatment can improve outcomes for patients with alcohol use
disorders (AUD). Thus, initiation of and engagement with specialty addictions treatment are …

This study, using three waves of US National Alcohol Surveys (1995–2005), examines
lifetime alcohol treatment utilization and perceived treatment barriers among Latinos. The …

Background The goal of this systematic literature review was to enhance understanding of
substance use, service use, and treatment among Latino subgroups to improve access to …

Objective: Low rates of alcohol treatment seeking have been shown to be associated with
perceived barriers to treatment, but heterogeneity in patterns of perceived barriers has not …

Latino immigrant men have high rates of unhealthy alcohol use, a wide range of behaviors,
from drinking above the recommended limits to severe alcohol use disorder, yet have low …

The objective of this study was to explore, in-depth, differences in barriers to specialty
alcohol and drug treatment services between Black and White participants with recent …

This study examines reasons why people do not seek help for alcohol or drug problems by
gender and race/ethnicity using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol …