Organizational Factors Influencing Practice Improvement in Community Based Care

Organizational Factors Influencing Practice Improvement in Community Based

Purpose of the Study:

The Richmond Behavioral Health Authority's Substance Abuse Services Division and Virginia Commonwealth University's Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies are working on an important research study to improve the quality of substance use disorder treatment services offered by RBHA and its contracted services providers. Specifically, this preliminary research will provide the information needed to conduct a planned series of program-specific interventions, designed to increase the adoption of evidence-based practices (EBPs) within specific programs. A major goal of the study is to better understand what factors influence the adoption of EBPs, and what adoption strategies work best for which types of staff, which types of programs, and under what conditions.

Description of Staff Involvement:

In this study, staff will be asked to complete questionnaires about themselves, their workplaces, and their perceptions about the services their organization provides. Some of these questionnaires will be given to staff when they first enter the study, and others may be given to staff before and about 9 months after a 3-day Practice Improvement Workshop (please note that each agency may or may not be selected to complete the workshop).

Description of Client Involvement:

Clients at each participating site will be asked to complete a brief survey about the services they receive at that site. This survey will occur at the initial timepoint, and at several later timepoints. This survey is confidential and anonymous.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Quality of Treatment Services
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Organizational change to improve the implementation of evidence-based practices.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 910
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Virginia
    • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23219
      • Richmond Behavioral Health Authority

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Substance abuse staff members (who work with adults) working at Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) and its contracted providers
• Clients seen at RBHA and its contracted providers during specific periods, who are at least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being under 18 years of age

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Survey	Pre and post intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Data from database of client information	Pre and post intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: James C May, PhD, Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 3, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 3, 2008
• First Posted (Estimate): September 4, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): February 22, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 21, 2012
• Last Verified: October 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: R01DA022081 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)