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We present and test a model for measuring the implementation of Community Support Programs (CSPs) for persons with severe mental illnesses. The model is intended to facilitate the description and replication of these programs and the future study of their critical ingredients. The model defines important implementation variables in seven areas of program functioning; we then suggest instruments to measure each of these variables. Results of a study examining the application of the model and measures forthree conceptually distinct CSPs illustrate the utility of the model and measures for implementation analysis of CSPs. Importantly, findings revealed thata priori hypotheses about how the programs were expected to differ on the implementation variables were largely supported.
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This research was supported in part by grant #43640 from the NIMH awarded to the first author; and by grants #40886 and #4355 from the NIMH and grant #890532 from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School awarded to the second author. The authors thank Jack Husted for his assistance in data analysis, and the staff at the Community Living Program, Portals House, and the Program for Assertive Community Treatment for their assistance in data gathering.
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Brekke, J.S., Test, M.A. A model for measuring the implementation of community support programs: Results from three sites. Community Ment Health J 28, 227–247 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756819
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