Supplemental Material for A Systematic Review of Recommendations for Behavioral Health Services for Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults: The Three-Legged Stool of Evidence-Based Practice Is Unbalanced

Background: More than 20 million Americans ages 12 and older have a past-year substance use disorder. Majority-minority cities, including Flint, MI, suffer disproportionately from higher rates of substance use and are less likely to have access to evidence-based prevention and treatment interventions relative to predominately White and wealthier cities. Thus, identifying approaches that can improve implementation of evidence-based substance use practices is a critical public health goal. In the current report, we provide a detailed protocol for the implementation and evaluation of the Strengthening Flint Families initiative, a community-based implementation study of a multi-level behavioral health intervention that includes peer recovery coaching, the Strengthening Families Program, and a multimedia campaign. Our goal is to improve family resilience and reduce behavioral health disparities in the Flint community, as an example of how this could be done in other communities. Our overall strategy includes community-informed implementation enhancements to increase adoption and sustainment of evidence-based behavioral health services. Methods: This project has 4 phases that align with study aims- 1) a systematic assessment of behavioral health organizations in the Flint Area to understand organizational needs and strengths in Flint; 2) tailoring implementation strategies for one individual-level evidence-based practice, peer recovery coaching, and one family-level evidence-based program, the Strengthening Families Program; 3) building capacity and promoting sustainability; and 4) evaluating primary (implementation) and secondary (effectiveness) outcomes. Implementation outcomes are derived from the RE-AIM framework and effectiveness outcomes will be assessed at the individual, family, and community levels. Discussion: Understanding and addressing the behavioral health organizational needs, strengths, and barriers to program adoption and referral in Flint offers great promise to strengthen the behavioral health network of providers serving Flint residents. Moreover, understanding barriers to accessing and implementing behavioral health services in low-resource communities may prove to be a valuable tool for discovering the most effective implementation methods tailored to specific organizations. These evidence informed approaches may prove useful for cities outside of Flint.

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Conceptualizing Implementation Practice Capacity in Community-Based Organizations Delivering Evidence-Based Behavioral Health Services

Global Implementation Research and Applications ◽

10.1007/s43477-021-00024-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Enya B. Vroom ◽

Oliver T. Massey ◽

Dinorah Martinez Tyson ◽

Bruce Lubotsky Levin ◽

Amy L. Green

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Behavioral Health ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Behavioral Health Services ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Based Organizations

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System navigation models to facilitate engagement in pediatric behavioral health services: A systematic review.

Families Systems & Health ◽

10.1037/fsh0000643 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel A. Petts ◽

Maryellen Brunson McClain ◽

Gazi Azad ◽

Jeffrey D. Shahidullah

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Services ◽

Behavioral Health ◽

Behavioral Health Services

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Evaluation of Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in the Health Services: A Systematic Review

10.31661/gmj.v9i0.1645 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 1645

Author(s):

Ali Ayoubian ◽

Amir Ashkan Nasiripour ◽

Seyed Jamaledin Tabibi ◽

Mohammadkarim Bahadori

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Service ◽

Health Services ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Healthcare Management ◽

Barriers And Facilitators ◽

Cochrane Library ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Care Health ◽

Evidence Based Healthcare

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an ambition for health service administrators. We aimed to systematically review the major relevant articles in case of barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based practice in health services. Methods and Materials: The type of study was a systematic review. We searched the libraries and online sources such as PubMed, MEDLINE, Wiley, EMBASE, ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, and Google scholar. We used keywords included “Evidence-Based Practice”, “Evidence-Based Management”, “Healthcare”, “Care Management, Evidence-Based Healthcare Management”, “Health Care”, Health”, “Barrier”, “Facilitator”, policy and “Evidence-Based Healthcare”. Results: In total, 12 studies were included. Several barriers and facilitators were recognized through the included papers, the factors such as organization support and a helpful education system improved skills, knowledge, and confidence to EBP. The outcomes of studies were identified as the employ of the internet as a highest-rated skill for increasing EBP quality. Conclusion: Generally, the results showed health service administrators should first identify barriers of EBP then transferred them to facilitators to the implementation of proper and efficient EBP. [GMJ.2020;9:e1645]

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