Abstract
Implementation planning typically incorporates stakeholder input. Quality improvement efforts provide data-based feedback regarding progress. Participatory system dynamics modeling (PSD) triangulates stakeholder expertise, data and simulation of implementation plans prior to attempting change. Frontline staff in one VA outpatient mental health system used PSD to examine policy and procedural “mechanisms” they believe underlie local capacity to implement evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for PTSD and depression. We piloted the PSD process, simulating implementation plans to improve EBP reach. Findings indicate PSD is a feasible, useful strategy for building stakeholder consensus, and may save time and effort as compared to trial-and-error EBP implementation planning.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 834-849 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2016 |
Keywords
- Evidence-based practices
- Implementation science
- Mental health
- Participatory stakeholder engagement
- System dynamics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Phychiatric Mental Health
- Health Policy
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Psychiatry and Mental health