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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 1/2019

01-01-2019 | Original Article

Factors Associated with Community-Partnered School Behavioral Health Clinicians’ Adoption and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices

Authors: Elizabeth H. Connors, Jason Schiffman, Kathleen Stein, Sarah LeDoux, John Landsverk, Sharon Hoover

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Community-partnered school behavioral health (CP-SBH) is a model whereby schools partner with local community agencies to deliver services. This mixed-methods study examined 80 CP-SBH clinicians’ adoption and implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) approaches following mandated training. Forty-four clinicians were randomly assigned to one of two training conditions for a modular common elements approach to EBPs; 36 clinicians were preselected for training in a non-modular EBP. EBP knowledge improved for all training conditions at 8-month follow-up and practice element familiarity improved for modular approach training conditions, but the modular condition including ongoing consultation did not yield better results. Qualitative interviews (N = 17) highlighted multi-level influences of the CP-SBH service system and individual clinician characteristics on adoption and implementation.
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This is based on Byrt, Bishop, & Carlin’s prevalence-adjusted kappa statistic (Byrt et al. 1993). Due to differences in the prevalence of “Yes” and “No” categories inherent in the nature of the coding system, one of several justifications for an adjusted kappa [i.e. in a 2 × 2 cell, the “hits” for both coders applying no code is very low, if not zero (Hallgren 2012)].
 
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Metadata
Title
Factors Associated with Community-Partnered School Behavioral Health Clinicians’ Adoption and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices
Authors
Elizabeth H. Connors
Jason Schiffman
Kathleen Stein
Sarah LeDoux
John Landsverk
Sharon Hoover
Publication date
01-01-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-018-0897-3

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