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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

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01-07-2016 | Original Article

Socio-contextual Determinants of Research Evidence Use in Public-Youth Systems of Care

Authors: Antonio R. Garcia, Minseop Kim, Lawrence A. Palinkas, Lonnie Snowden, John Landsverk

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 4/2016

Abstract

Recent efforts have been devoted to understanding the conditions by which research evidence use (REU) is facilitated from the perspective of system leaders in the context of implementing evidence-based child mental health interventions. However, we have limited understanding of the extent to which outer contextual factors influence REU. Outer contextual factors for 37 counties in California were gathered from public records in 2008; and child welfare, juvenile justice, and mental health system leaders’ perceptions of their REU were measured via a web-based survey from 2010 to 2012. Results showed that leaders with higher educational attainment and in counties with lower expenditures on inpatient mental health services were significantly associated with higher REU. Positive relationships between gathering research evidence and racial minority concentration and poverty at the county level were also detected. Results underscore the need to identify the organizational and socio-political factors by which mental health services and resources meet client demands that influence REU, and to recruit and retain providers with a graduate degree to negotiate work demands and interpret research evidence.

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Title: Socio-contextual Determinants of Research Evidence Use in Public-Youth Systems of Care
Authors: Antonio R. Garcia
Minseop Kim
Lawrence A. Palinkas
Lonnie Snowden
John Landsverk
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-015-0640-2

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