The Effects of Collaborative Care Training on Case Managers' Perceived Depression-Related Services Delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the effects of a depression care quality improvement (QI) intervention implemented by using Community Engagement and Planning (CEP), which supports collaboration across health and community-based agencies, or Resources for Services (RS), which provides technical assistance, on training participation and service delivery by primarily unlicensed, racially and ethnically diverse case managers in two low-income communities in Los Angeles.

Methods

The study was a cluster-randomized trial with program-level assignment to CEP or RS for implementation of a QI initiative for providing training for depression care. Staff with patient contact in 84 health and community-based programs that were eligible for the provider outcomes substudy were invited to par

SUBMITTER: Landry CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6320755 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature