Validating a Pragmatic Measure of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Delivery: Therapist Reports of EBP Strategy Delivery and Associations with Child Outcome Trajectories.

ABSTRACT: Pragmatic measures of evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation can support and evaluate implementation efforts. We examined the predictive validity of therapist reports of EBP strategy delivery for children's mental health outcomes. Data were obtained from 1,380 sessions with 248 children delivered by 76 therapists in two county systems. Children (M_age=11.8 years, SD = 3.7) presented with internalizing (52%), externalizing (27%), trauma (16%), and other (5%) concerns. Therapists reported their delivery of EBP strategies on a revised version of the EBP Concordant Care Assessment (ECCA; Brookman-Frazee, et al., Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 48, 155-170, 2021) that included 25 content (e.g., parenting, cognitive behavioral) and

SUBMITTER: Lau AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12083463 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature