Definition and conceptualization of collaboration in drug rehabilitation: Systematic synthesis and comparison using a scoping review approach

Objective@#Although interagency collaboration in drug treatment and rehabilitation has been substantially studied, a lack of consensus on the nomenclature and definition of collaboration remains an unresolved issue in public health policy and practice. To facilitate further consensus, this review analyses previously used definition, conceptualization, and theorization on interagency collaboration in the field of drug rehabilitation.@*Methods@#We conducted evidence synthesis using a scoping review approach. This review is based on searches using the MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, Embase, and PsychINFO databases and used the protocol proposed by Arksey and O’Malley.@*Results@#A total of 6,259 papers were retrieved from database and citation searches, 33 of which were eligible for inclusion in the analysis after screening and evaluation. Although the definitions varied, the common elements included (a) the presence of at least two entities, which were either services, programs or organizations; (b) these entities collaborated or shared resources; (c) partnership went through a development process; and (d) the intent of collaboration was to achieve a common purpose. There were five means of conceptualizing collaboration: (a) degrees, or level of intensity and formality; (b) elements, or the constitutive structure and activities; (c) stages, or the development of partnership over time; (d) levels, or the focus of the collaborative; and (e) type, or a distinction between collaboration on in policy and practice.@*Conclusion@#Scholarship in this field can benefit from studies that conceptualize collaboration not only crosssectionally through the description of degrees, elements, levels, and type, but also by considering the stages dimension of collaboration (i.e., evolution of collaboration initiative over time). Countries or jurisdictions may need to formalize a term and definition for collaboration as it applies to initiatives within their territories.

Group interventions in psychosocial care centers for alcohol and drugs: challenges of care practice / Intervenciones grupales en centros de atención psicosocial alcohol y drogas: desafíos de la práctica de atención / Intervenções grupais em centros de atenção psicossocial álcool e drogas: desafios da prática assistencial

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the challenges of care practice with group interventions Psychosocial Care Centers for Alcohol and Drugs. Method: qualitative intervention research developed with 30 professionals from four Alcohol and Psychosocial Drug Care Centers in a municipality in central Brazil from March to April 2019. We used a professional characterization instrument and conversation wheels to collect data that were submitted to the thematic modality of content analysis. Results: some challenges that permeate the practice with group interventions in CAPSad were evidenced, from the professionals' perspective, such as inadequate physical structure and scarcity of material resources; issues related to aspects of users such as difficulty in adhesion and commitment to groups, incompatible work schedules and lack of financial resources for travel to the centers; factors related to the competence of professionals as not having affinity to work with groups, absence of specific training, prioritization of other practices, demotivation, absence of care records and difficulty in performing the patient discharge and; aspects of work processes such as outpatient organizational culture, very high demand, insufficient human resources, lack of external supervision, few offers of therapeutic groups and lack of criteria for the definition of group coordinators. Conclusion: the challenges experienced include issues of inadequate physical structure and deficient material resources, difficulties related to the life contexts of users, competence of professionals and factors of the work processes of the services.

RESUMEN Objetivo comprender los desafíos de la práctica asistencial con intervenciones grupales en Centros de Atención Psicosocial de Alcohol y Drogas. Método investigación de intervención desarrollada con 30 profesionales de cuatro Centros de Atención Psicosocial de Alcohol y Drogas de un municipio del centro de Brasil de marzo a abril de 2019. Utilizamos un instrumento de caracterización profesional y ruedas de conversación para recolectar datos que fueron sometidos a la modalidad temática de análisis de contenido. Resultados: se evidenciaron algunos desafíos que permean la práctica con intervenciones grupales en CAPSad, desde la perspectiva de los profesionales, como estructura física inadecuada y escasez de recursos materiales; cuestiones relacionadas con aspectos de los usuarios como dificultad para incorporar y compromiso de grupos, jornada laboral incompatible y falta de recursos económicos para desplazamiento al servicio; factores d la competencia de los profesionales como no tener afinidad para trabajar con grupos, ausencia de formación específica, priorización de otras prácticas, desmotivación, ausencia de registros de atención y dificultad en la realización del alta de los usuarios y; aspectos de los procesos de trabajo como cultura organizacional ambulatoria, demanda muy grande, recursos humanos insuficientes, falta de supervisión externa, pocas ofertas de grupos terapéuticos y falta de criterio para la definición de coordinadores de grupo. Conclusión: lo vivido incluye cuestiones de estructura física inadecuada y recursos materiales deficientes, desafíos relacionados con los contextos de vida de los usuarios, competencia de los profesionales y factores de los procesos de trabajo de los servicios.

RESUMO Objetivo: compreender os desafios da prática assistencial com intervenções grupais em Centros de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e Drogas. Método: pesquisa-intervenção de abordagem qualitativa desenvolvida com 30 profissionais de quatro Centros de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e Drogas de um município da região central do Brasil de março e abril de 2019. Utilizou-se instrumento de caracterização profissiográfica e rodas de conversa para coleta de dados que foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo, modalidade temática. Resultados: evidenciou-se alguns desafios que permeiam a prática com intervenções grupais em CAPSad, sob a ótica dos profissionais, como estrutura física inadequada e escassez de recursos materiais; questões ligadas a aspectos dos usuários como a dificuldade de adesão e comprometimento com os grupos, agenda de trabalho incompatível e falta de recursos financeiros para deslocamento ao serviço; fatores da competência dos profissionais como não ter afinidade de trabalhar com grupos, ausência de formação específica, priorização de outras práticas, desmotivação, ausência de registros dos atendimentos e dificuldade de realizar a alta dos usuários e; aspectos dos processos de trabalho como cultura organizacional ambulatorial, demanda muito grande, recursos humanos insuficientes, falta de supervisão externa, poucas ofertas de grupos terapêuticos e ausência de critérios para a definição de coordenadores de grupos. Conclusão: os desafios vivenciados englobam questões de estrutura física inadequada e recursos materiais deficitários, dificuldades ligadas aos contextos de vida dos usuários, competência dos profissionais e fatores dos processos de trabalho dos serviços.