Assessing and changing organizational social contexts for effective mental health services

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 507-523

  Glisson, Charles ^a   Williams, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

ARC; Evidence based treatments; Implementation; Innovation; Mental health services; Organizational climate; Organizational culture; OSC

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84925248653     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122435     Document Type: Review

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