Renee Pepin1, Jessica Hoyt2, Bernadette Seifert1,3, Stephen J Bartels1. 1. a Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging , Lebanon, New Hampshire , USA. 2. b National Center for PTSD, Department of Veterans Affairs , White River Junction, Vermont , USA. 3. c National Alliance on Mental Illness New Hampshire , Concord, New Hampshire , USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Screening and referral for geriatric depression by service agencies is associated with poor treatment engagement indicating the need to transform services to directly provide depression care. OBJECTIVE: To describe a multi-organization workgroup implementation planning process used to transform a community-based screening and referral program to provide a brief evidence-based intervention for older adults with depressive symptoms. METHODS: An iterative implementation procedure used by a multi-stakeholder group that selected an evidence-based practice, planned implementation rollout, planned counselor training, and designed an implementation evaluation. RESULTS: The workgroup successfully followed the implementation procedure and developed a plan for the implementation of an evidence-based intervention. Overall, the workgroup prioritized decisions that favored feasibility and low implementation burden. CONCLUSION: A multi-organization workgroup can benefit from a semi-structured implementation planning procedure because it provides all stakeholders with a shared roadmap for implementation planning.
BACKGROUND: Screening and referral for geriatric depression by service agencies is associated with poor treatment engagement indicating the need to transform services to directly provide depression care. OBJECTIVE: To describe a multi-organization workgroup implementation planning process used to transform a community-based screening and referral program to provide a brief evidence-based intervention for older adults with depressive symptoms. METHODS: An iterative implementation procedure used by a multi-stakeholder group that selected an evidence-based practice, planned implementation rollout, planned counselor training, and designed an implementation evaluation. RESULTS: The workgroup successfully followed the implementation procedure and developed a plan for the implementation of an evidence-based intervention. Overall, the workgroup prioritized decisions that favored feasibility and low implementation burden. CONCLUSION: A multi-organization workgroup can benefit from a semi-structured implementation planning procedure because it provides all stakeholders with a shared roadmap for implementation planning.
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Evidence-based practice; community-based mental health services; implementation
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