Environmental assessment and evaluation research: Examples from mental health and substance abuse programs

Finney, John W.; Moos, Rudolf H.

doi:10.1016/0149-7189(84)90041-7

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“…Prior research suggests that organizational context factors distinct from program delivery such as an organization’s management practices and an organization’s morale, may affect an organization’s readiness to adopt and sustain the implementation of evidence-based programs (Armenakis, Harris, & Mossholder, 1993; Damschroder et al, 2009; Domitrovich et al, 2008; Finney & Moos, 1984). As a result, in this paper we examined the associations between a selected organization’s management practices and morale, with that organization’s attitudes and perceived practices regarding prevention and evidence-based programs 1 using a multi-level analytic approach.…”

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A multi-level examination of how the organizational context relates to readiness to implement prevention and evidence-based programming in community settings

Chilenski

Olson

Schulte

et al. 2015

Evaluation and Program Planning

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Prior theoretical and empirical research suggests that multiple aspects of an organization’s context are likely related to a number of factors, from their interest and ability to adopt new programming, to client outcomes. A limited amount of the prior research has taken a more community-wide perspective by examining factors that associate with community readiness for change, leaving how these findings generalize to community organizations that conduct prevention or positive youth development programs unknown. Thus for the current study, we examined how the organizational context of the Cooperative Extension System (CES) associates with current attitudes and practices regarding prevention and evidence-based programming. Attitudes and practices have been found in the empirical literature to be key indicators of an organization’s readiness to adopt prevention and evidence-based programming. Based on multi-level mixed models, results indicate that organizational management practices distinct from program delivery may affect an organization’s readiness to adopt and implement new prevention and evidence-based youth programs, thereby limiting the potential public health impact of evidence-based programs. Openness to change, openness of leadership, and communication were the strongest predictors identified within this study. An organization’s morale was also found to be a strong predictor of an organization’s readiness. The findings of the current study are discussed in terms of implications for prevention and intervention.

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A multi-level examination of how the organizational context relates to readiness to implement prevention and evidence-based programming in community settings

Chilenski

Olson

Schulte

et al. 2015

Evaluation and Program Planning

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“…It can also be used to assess the impact of counseling or other kinds of intervention. 3,11,16 The initial set of items in the FES was developed from structured interviews with members of different types of families and from adaptation of items from other social environment scales. 17 The choice and the content of the items were guided by three dimensions of the social environment: interpersonal relationships, personal growth and system maintenance.…”

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Versão em português da Family Environment Scale: aplicação e validação

2007

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OBJECTIVE: To translate the Family Environment Scale into Portuguese and apply the instrument to validate it. METHODS:The translation was applied to members of Brazilian families with the aim of evaluating its internal consistency and the concordance between members of the same family. One hundred and fi fty-four volunteers living in the city of São Paulo in 2003 who were not receiving any kind of intervention for dealing with family problems were selected. The mean scores in the ten subscales of the instrument were compared between men and women, and between members of the same family. The internal consistency was evaluated by means of Cronbach's alpha. RESULTS:The maximum possible score in each subscale was nine (good family functioning), except in relation to confl ict and control. In most of the subscales, the mean score of the sample studied ranged from 5.1 to 7.6 (men) and 5.4 to 7.7 (women). In the confl ict and control subscales, the means ranged from 1.8 to 4.6 (men) and 1.6 to 4.6 (women). These were similar to scores reported in international studies, except for higher scores in the cohesion and organization subscales, and lower score in the confl ict subscale. There were no statistically signifi cant differences between the scores attained by men and women. The reliability of the scale, evaluated according to Cronbach's alpha, ranged from 0.61 to 0.78 for the ten subscales. CONCLUSIONS:Cultural factors may have infl uenced the results obtained in some of the subscales. The Portuguese version of the Family Environment Scale presented reasonable internal consistency that enables its use for evaluating changes in the family's environment and its functioning and after therapeutic interventions.

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“…Des observations tirées de la pratique montrent que, la plupart du temps, les connaissances des intervenants psychosociaux sont peu formalisées et varient énormément d'une personne à l'autre (Finney et Moos, 1987;Patton, 1989). Cela s'explique par le fait que plus nos connaissances augmentent dans un domaine, moins l'on est conscient des détails qui composent ce champ d'expertise, car beaucoup des gestes posés deviennent des automatismes (Fisher, 1990).…”

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L’intervention en situation de crise en protection de la jeunesse. Crise familiale ou crise organisationnelle?

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Bouchard

Turner

2005

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Cet article expose les résultats d’une recherche visant à mettre au jour les modèles auxquels se réfèrent implicitement des intervenantes et intervenants de la protection de la jeunesse dans leurs actions en situation de crise. Ces interventions visent des familles signalées en raison des troubles de comportement d’un enfant ou d’un adolescent, d’abus physique ou de négligence. Les résultats permettent de décrire, d’expliquer et de comprendre pourquoi et dans quels contextes les interventions sont mises en oeuvre. Ils révèlent que : a) les intervenants doivent faire face à trois types de crises distincts; b) le stress vécu par certains groupes d’intervenants constitue un élément central de l’intervention en situation de crise, et c) les difficultés liées à la concertation avec les nombreux partenaires du réseau provoquent des insatisfactions majeures chez les intervenants. La discussion porte sur l’impérative nécessité de mieux soutenir les intervenants et de créer une véritable concertation avec les partenaires.

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Environmental assessment and evaluation research: Examples from mental health and substance abuse programs

Cited by 35 publications

References 45 publications

A multi-level examination of how the organizational context relates to readiness to implement prevention and evidence-based programming in community settings

A multi-level examination of how the organizational context relates to readiness to implement prevention and evidence-based programming in community settings

Versão em português da Family Environment Scale: aplicação e validação

L’intervention en situation de crise en protection de la jeunesse. Crise familiale ou crise organisationnelle?

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