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Examining Organizational Factors Supporting the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Interventions

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The purpose of this study was to develop a greater understanding of the factors influencing the adoption of evidence-based interventions in outpatient mental health clinics serving youth. An improved understanding of these factors can potentially improve efforts to ensure effective adoption, implementation, and sustainment of evidence-based interventions, and thus improve treatment for youth in mental health settings. This explanatory cross-sectional study involves secondary data analysis of a longitudinal randomized control intervention trial. The SEM- based model that was tested supported the primary hypothesis that a more supportive organizational climate with greater readiness for change is more likely to improve the chances for the adoption of evidence-based interventions in outpatient mental health clinics serving youths.

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Data used in this study were obtained through NIMH R01MH106771 (PI: McKay). The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIMH or NIH.

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  1. Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, 2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10033, USA

    Hanni B. Flaherty

  2. University of Michigan School of Social Work, 180 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Lindsay A. Bornheimer

  3. McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy & Research, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 41 East 11th Street, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    Emily Hamovitch, Elene Garay & Maria L. Mini de Zitella

  4. McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy & Research, New York University Medical Center, 41 East 11th Street, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    Mary C. Acri

  5. Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

    Mary Mckay

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Flaherty, H.B., Bornheimer, L.A., Hamovitch, E. et al. Examining Organizational Factors Supporting the Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Interventions. Community Ment Health J 57, 1187–1194 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00751-z

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