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## Abstract ## Background Despite conflicting results in the literature concerning its efficacy in practice, racial matching has been identified as a component of culturally sensitive treatment. ## Methods This study examined the perceived importance and prevalence of racial matching by surveying a national sample of substance use disorder (SUD) centers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). ## Results Using univariate statistical analysis, results for the prevalence of racial matching revealed that in 58% of the clinics, there was the potential to match a counselor with a racially similar client, while in 39% of the clinics, there was no potential to provide such a match. Among the agencies that displayed a potential for racial matching, 26% of the respondents indicated that they never racially matched clients and therapists, 71% reported that they sometimes practice racial matching, 15% indicated that they usually racially match, and only 7% purported to always racially match clients and therapists. Results for the perceived importance of racial matching revealed that in both situations where treatment centers had the potential for racial mat

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Author

Steinfeldt, Jesse A.; Clay, Shondra L.; Priester, Paul E.

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, c2006-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1747-597X)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)