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Mental health provider attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice: The Evidence-Based Practice Attitude (2004)
| Venue: | Scale (EBPAS). Mental Health Services Research |
| Citations: | 93 - 6 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Aarons04mentalhealth,
author = {Gregory A. Aarons},
title = {Mental health provider attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice: The Evidence-Based Practice Attitude},
booktitle = {Scale (EBPAS). Mental Health Services Research},
year = {2004},
pages = {61--74}
}
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Abstract
Mental health provider attitudes toward organizational change have not been well studied. Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) into real-world set-tings represent organizational change that may be limited or facilitated by provider attitudes toward adoption of new treatments, interventions, and practices. A brief measure of mental health provider attitudes toward adoption of EBPs was developed and attitudes were exam-ined in relation to a set of provider individual difference and organizational characteristics. Methods: Participants were 322 public sector clinical service workers from 51 programs pro-viding mental health services to children and adolescents and their families. Results: Four dimensions of attitudes toward adoption of EBPs were identified: (1) intuitive Appeal of EBP, (2) likelihood of adopting EBP given Requirements to do so, (3) Openness to new practices, and (4) perceived Divergence of usual practice with research-based/academically developed interventions. Provider attitudes varied by education level, level of experience, and organi-zational context. Conclusions: Attitudes toward adoption of EBPs can be reliably measured and vary in relation to individual differences and service context. EBP implementation plans should include consideration of mental health service provider attitudes as a potential aid to improve the process and effectiveness of dissemination efforts. KEY WORDS: evidence-based practice; attitudes; dissemination; mental health; child; adolescent; organization; services.
Keyphrases
mental health provider attitude evidence-based practice evidence-based practice attitude provider attitude usual practice organizational change public sector clinical service worker ebp implementation plan key word mental health service provider attitude education level mental health developed intervention organi-zational context potential aid real-world set-tings represent organizational change program pro-viding mental health service organizational characteristic new practice dissemination effort individual difference intuitive appeal brief measure service context new treatment provider individual difference
