Community-partnered cluster-randomized comparative effectiveness trial of community engagement and planning or resources for services to address depression disparities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression contributes to disability and there are ethnic/racial disparities in access and outcomes of care. Quality improvement (QI) programs for depression in primary care improve outcomes relative to usual care, but health, social and other community-based service sectors also support clients in under-resourced communities. Little is known about effects on client outcomes of strategies to implement depression QI across diverse sectors.

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of Community Engagement and Planning (CEP) and Resources for Services (RS) to implement depression QI on clients' mental health-related quality of life (HRQL) and services use.

Design

Matched programs from health, social and other service sectors were randomized to community engagemen

SUBMITTER: Wells KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3785665 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature