Quality Service Provision in Children's Mental Health Care

Nabors, Laura; Tashman, Nancy A.; Weist, Mark D.; Holden, E.

doi:10.1207/s15326918cs0202_1

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“…Multiple measures to assess outcomes for youth, such as satisfaction surveys, behavior observations, and questionnaires to assess changes in functioning for youth, are needed to document the effectiveness of services. Also, administrators should plan to allocate staff time and ensure that funding is available to conduct evaluation activities (Nabors, Weist, Holden, et al, 1999;Vinson et al, 2001;Wyszewianski, 1988).…”

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“…The application of QI activities in mental health care came later in the 1950s when the American Psychiatric Association devised standards for high-quality care in psychiatric hospitals (Standards for Hospitals and Clinics, 1951). Use of QI activities to examine the effectiveness of children's mental health programs is even more recent (Nabors, Weist, Holden, & Tashman, 1999). Many types of QI activities can be conducted, and these should be determined by program philosophy, goals, evaluation questions, and stage of development for the program.…”

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Quality Improvement Activities and Expanded School Mental Health Services

2004

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Quality improvement (QI) activities, designed to enhance program evaluation efforts and to improve quality of care, have become increasingly important in children's services research. QI activities examine outcomes and provide accountability data that can be very useful for telling the story of the development, implementation, and effectiveness of expanded school mental health (ESMH) programs. This article discusses the implementation and results of QI activities for two ESMH programs, one relatively new program, and one with 10 years of experience. When presenting each case example, the authors review key QI activities such as developing new measures and interventions, evaluating costs of care, and disseminating results to clinicians, program administrators, and funders. The article concludes with a discussion of the importance of QI in school-based mental health and reviews directions for future research and program development.

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