Behavioral health screening and intervention for women in Argentina: a preliminary model for the childbearing years

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Figure 1 Comprehensive behavioral health screening and interventional model for women of childbearing age.

Table 1 Possible screening instruments for use in a comprehensive behavioral health screening model

Measure	Acronym	Substances and factors screened	Number of items	Method of administration	Training in administration necessary	Sensitivity	Specificity
Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence^Citation26	FTND	Tobacco	6	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test^Citation27	AUDIT	Alcohol	10	Paper-and-pencil and interviewer	No	93%	80%
CAGE^Citation28	CAGE	Alcohol	4	Paper-and-pencil	No	75%	87%
TWEAK^Citation28	TWEAK	Alcohol	5	Paper-and-pencil	No	98%	67%
Alcohol, Smoking, nd Substance Involvement Screening Test (Version 3.0)^Citation29	ASSIST	Tobacco, alcohol, and substances	8	Interviewer	Yes	N/A	N/A
Modified Mini-Screen^Citation30	MMS	N/A	22	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
MINI Plus^Citation31		Neuropsychiatric substance abuse		Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
The Beck Depression Inventory II^Citation32	BDI-II	Depression	21	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
Patient Health Questionnaire^Citation33,Citation34	PHQ-9	Depression	10	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
Postpartum depression
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale^Citation35,Citation36	EPDS, EPDS-7	Postpartum depression	10 7	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire^Citation37	SBQ-4	Suicide risk	4	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
Perceived Stress Scale^Citation38	PSS	Stress	10	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
Abbreviated PTSD Checklist – Civilian (two versions)^Citation39	PCL-C-2 or PCL-C-6	Recent exposure to trauma	2 or 6	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
Life Events Checklist^Citation39	LEC	Lifetime exposure to trauma	17	Paper-and-pencil	No	N/A	N/A
Abuse Assessment Screen^Citation41	AAS	Interpersonal violence: past year physical and/or sexual abuse	4	Interviewer	No	N/A	N/A
Woman Abuse Screening Tool^Citation40	WAST	Interpersonal violence	8	Interviewer	No	N/A	N/A
Social support
MOSS Social Support Scale^Citation42	MOSSSS	Interpersonal violence: social support	20	Interviewer	No	N/A	N/A
Brazelton Scale Behavior^Citation43		Suspected maternal addiction: neonatal psychophysical behavior	N/A	Neonatologist, pediatrician	N/A	N/A	N/A
Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System^Citation44		Suspected maternal addiction: withdrawal syndrome associated with opiate	N/A	Neonatologist, pediatrician	N/A	N/A	N/A

Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable or not available; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.

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