Testing the leadership and organizational change for implementation (LOCI) intervention in Norwegian mental health clinics: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized design study protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Egeland, Karina M ^a   Skar, Ane Marthe Solheim ^a   Endsjø, Mathilde ^a   Laukvik, Erlend Høen ^a   Bækkelund, Harald ^a   Babaii, Aida ^a   Granly, Lene Beate ^a   Husebø, Gry Kristina ^a   Borge, Randi Hovden ^a   Ehrhart, Mark G ^d,e   Sklar, Marisa ^b,c   Brown, C Hendricks ^f   Aarons, Gregory A ^b,c  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation; Implementation climate; Implementation leadership; Leadership and organizational change for implementation (LOCI); Outpatient clinics; Post traumatic stress disorder; Trauma treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; LEADERSHIP; MASS COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VERY ELDERLY; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85062829413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-019-0873-7     Document Type: Article

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