Intervening with practitioners to improve the quality of prevention: One-year findings from a randomized trial of assets-getting to outcomes

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-191

  Chinman, Matthew ^a   Acosta, Joie ^a   Ebener, Patricia ^a   Burkhart, Q ^a   Malone, Patrick S ^b   Paddock, Susan M ^a   Clifford, Michael ^c   Corsello, Maryann ^e   Duffey, Tim ^c   Hunter, Sarah ^a   Jones, Margaret ^c   Lahti, Michel ^d   Phillips, Andrea ^a   Savell, Susan ^e   Scales, Peter C ^f   Tellett Royce, Nancy ^f  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Vision Training Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^e Spurwink   (United States)

^f Search Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Implementation support; Technical assistance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885141890     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-013-0302-7     Document Type: Article

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