How Intervention and Implementation Characteristics Relate to Community Therapists’ Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practices: A Mixed Methods Study

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 824-837

  Barnett, Miya ^a   Brookman Frazee, Lauren ^b,c   Regan, Jennifer ^d   Saifan, Dana ^e   Stadnick, Nicole ^b,c   Lau, Anna ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Hathaway Sycamores Child and Family Services   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EBP attitudes; Implementation characteristics; Intervention characteristics

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 85013844118     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-017-0795-0     Document Type: Article

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