An Electronic Screen for Triaging Adolescent Substance Use by Risk Levels

Course overview

The course explain the development of a screening tool used for determining risk level of SUD for adolescents in primary care. Authors used a hybrid of existing screening tools. Given the health risks, and other factors, the authors decided to include tobacco in their measurement tool. Participation was moderate, however based on previous research at the same facility, it was determine that high risk adolescents did not opt out of screening.