Building Upon the Theory of Change for Systems of Care

Hernandez, Mario; Hodges, Sharon

doi:10.1177/106342660301100104

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“…Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of research findings and other evidence-based practices into routine practice, and, hence, to improve the quality and effectiveness of services. Implementation science relies on co-ordination, communication, and consistency across multiple levels and stakeholders within the system to secure change and innovation that is deeply and properly embedded (Hernandez and Hodges 2003;Paine et al 1984).…”

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confidence: 98%

High-Performing Education Systems in Asia: Leadership Art meets Implementation Science

Harris

Jones

Adams

et al. 2014

Asia-Pacific Edu Res

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This article looks at high-performing education systems in Asia through the lens of leadership and leadership development. It proposes that the top-performing education systems systematically build the leadership capacity for improvement and that this is part of an implementation science geared to maximizing performance. Drawing upon initial findings from a cross-national comparative study (The 7 System Leadership Study is funded by the

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Section: Implementation Sciencementioning

confidence: 98%

High-Performing Education Systems in Asia: Leadership Art meets Implementation Science

Harris

Jones

Adams

et al. 2014

Asia-Pacific Edu Res

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“…The expectation is that systems of care can meet the unique population needs of communities by adapting the application of its values and principles to the complex and constantly changing conditions that characterize local service delivery environments (Hernandez & Hodges, 2003a). The challenge of developing such a system of care includes the complexity inherent in their development within an interagency environment.…”

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Applying a Theory of Change Approach to Interagency Planning in Child Mental Health

Hernandez

Hodges

2006

American J of Comm Psychol

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This paper describes the use of a theory of change approach to community-based cross-agency service planning for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families. Public agency planners in Contra Costa County, California used the theory of change approach to organize service planning for a population of youth who had been arrested and involved with juvenile probation. The theory of change process described in this paper links community outcomes with planned activities with the assumptions or principles that underlie the community planning efforts. When complete, a theory of change logic model can serve as a guide for implementation, ensuring that community plans for service delivery remain true to their intent. The theory of change development process includes twelve stages and is based on a step-by-step approach. Theory of change logic models establish a context for articulating a community's shared beliefs and prompt local stakeholders to establish logical connections between the population to be served, expected results, and strategies intended to achieve those results.

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“…Friedman and Hernandez 13 noted that developing systems of care is neither a specific nor a simple intervention, and that it could be seen as a general statement of policy indicating a desire to establish a complex system targeted at a specific population of children and families based on a widely agreed upon set of principles and values. Hernandez and Hodges 14 added that systems of care are better considered a cluster of organizational change strategies that are based on a set of values and principles intended to shape policies, regulations, funding mechanisms, services, and supports. These varying definitions and interpretations emphasize the complexity of the construct, as well as an emerging and developmental understanding related to the meaning of systems of care.…”

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Development of a Measure to Assess the Implementation of Children’s Systems of Care: The Systems of Care Implementation Survey (SOCIS)

Boothroyd

Greenbaum

Wang

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J Behav Health Serv Res

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The children's system of care framework has been extensively implemented in the U.S. Since its inception in 1993, the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program has invested in excess of $1 billion supporting the development of systems of care in 164 grantee sites across the country. Despite these efforts to implement children's systems of care nationally, little is known about the extent to which the principles and values actually have been put into practice outside of the funded grantee sites. This paper describes the development of the Systems of Care Implementation Survey, a measure designed specifically for the first ever study assessing the level of implementation of factors contributing to effective children's systems of care in a nationally representative sample of counties throughout the U.S.

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Building Upon the Theory of Change for Systems of Care

Cited by 51 publications

References 11 publications

High-Performing Education Systems in Asia: Leadership Art meets Implementation Science

High-Performing Education Systems in Asia: Leadership Art meets Implementation Science

Applying a Theory of Change Approach to Interagency Planning in Child Mental Health

Development of a Measure to Assess the Implementation of Children’s Systems of Care: The Systems of Care Implementation Survey (SOCIS)

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