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Organizational Factors Influencing Practice Improvement in Community Based Care

NCT00746577 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 910

Last updated 2012-02-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Purpose of the Study:

The Richmond Behavioral Health Authority's Substance Abuse Services Division and Virginia Commonwealth University's Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies are working on an important research study to improve the quality of substance use disorder treatment services offered by RBHA and its contracted services providers. Specifically, this preliminary research will provide the information needed to conduct a planned series of program-specific interventions, designed to increase the adoption of evidence-based practices (EBPs) within specific programs. A major goal of the study is to better understand what factors influence the adoption of EBPs, and what adoption strategies work best for which types of staff, which types of programs, and under what conditions.

Description of Staff Involvement:

In this study, staff will be asked to complete questionnaires about themselves, their workplaces, and their perceptions about the services their organization provides. Some of these questionnaires will be given to staff when they first enter the study, and others may be given to staff before and about 9 months after a 3-day Practice Improvement Workshop (please note that each agency may or may not be selected to complete the workshop).

Description of Client Involvement:

Clients at each participating site will be asked to complete a brief survey about the services they receive at that site. This survey will occur at the initial timepoint, and at several later timepoints. This survey is confidential and anonymous.

Conditions

  • Quality of Treatment Services

Interventions

OTHER

Organizational change to improve the implementation of evidence-based practices.

Some sites will receive assistance with the creation and implementation of an organizational development plan.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James C May, PhD · Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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