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Improving Care for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Results from the Facilitating Alcohol Screening and Treatment (FAST) Colorado Study

Bonnie T. Jortberg, L. Miriam Dickinson, Douglas H. Fernald, Andrew Bienstock, Dionisia de la Cerda, Kim Wiggins, Carolyn Swenson, Jennifer Halfacre, Stephanie Kirchner and W. Perry Dickinson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2024, 37 (6) 1027-1037; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240048R1
Bonnie T. Jortberg
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
PhD, RD, CDCES
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L. Miriam Dickinson
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
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Douglas H. Fernald
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
MA
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Andrew Bienstock
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
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Dionisia de la Cerda
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
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Kim Wiggins
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
MA, MS
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Carolyn Swenson
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
MSPH, MSN, RN
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Jennifer Halfacre
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
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Stephanie Kirchner
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
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W. Perry Dickinson
From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Aurora, CO (BTJ, LMD, DHF, AB, DC, KW, CS, JH, SK, WPD).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2024, 37 (6) 1027-1037; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240048R1
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