Crafft Usa

The CRAFFT is an efficient and effective health screening tool designed to identify substance use, substance-related riding/driving risk, and substance use disorder among youth ages 12-21. It has been implemented as part of universal screening efforts in thousands of busy medical and community health settings, as it yields information that can serv... e as the basis for early intervention and patient-centered counseling. The CRAFFT is the most well-studied adolescent substance use screener available and has been shown to be valid for adolescents from diverse socioeconomic and racial/ethnic backgrounds. It is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics' Bright Futures Guidelines for preventive care screenings and well-visits, the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services' Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) program, and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Youth Screening Guide. The current version of the tool, the CRAFFT 2.1, includes evidence-based revisions to increase the sensitivity and specificity of the tool and includes vaping as a method of administration for marijuana use.Read More