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The Organizational Social Context Of Mental Health Services And Clinician Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice: A United States National Study, Gregory A. Aarons, Charles Glisson, Phillip D. Green, Kimberly Hoagwood, Kelly J. Kelleher, John A. Landsverk
The Organizational Social Context Of Mental Health Services And Clinician Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice: A United States National Study, Gregory A. Aarons, Charles Glisson, Phillip D. Green, Kimberly Hoagwood, Kelly J. Kelleher, John A. Landsverk
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Background
Evidence-based practices have not been routinely adopted in community mental health organizations despite the support of scientific evidence and in some cases even legislative or regulatory action. We examined the association of clinician attitudes toward evidence-based practice with organizational culture, climate, and other characteristics in a nationally representative sample of mental health organizations in the United States.
Methods
In-person, group-administered surveys were conducted with a sample of 1,112 mental health service providers in a nationwide sample of 100 mental health service institutions in 26 states in the United States. The study examines these associations with a two-level Hierarchical Linear …