Matthew Chinman

Senior Behavioral Scientist

Pittsburgh Office

Education

Ph.D. in clinical/community psychology, University of South Carolina

Media Resources

This researcher is available for interviews.

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Overview

Matthew Chinman is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation, where his focus has been on developing strategies to enhance the prevention capacity of community-based prevention practitioners. As such, he codeveloped the Getting To Outcomes (GTO) model and led the development and testing of several GTO-based guides that are aimed at assisting local communities in planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention programs in the areas of sexual assault prevention in the military, substance abuse prevention, underage drinking prevention, teen pregnancy prevention, homelessness, and youth development. Chinman is also a health science specialist at the VISN 4 Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, where his overall focus is on developing and testing various interventions to improve the recovery of individuals with serious mental illnesses. As part of that initiative, he has been developing and assessing strategies that involve mental health consumers in service-providing roles in order to improve the quality of their care. Chinman received his Ph.D. in clinical/community psychology from the University of South Carolina.

Research Focus

Previous Positions

Director of Program Evaluation Services, Consultation Center, Yale University School of Medicine

Recent Projects

Evaluation of Peer Specialists on VA Patient Aligned Care Teams
Using Getting To Outcomes to prevent sexual assault in the military
Improving the Implementation of Evidence-based Drug Prevention Programs in Schools
CoachToFit: Adapted Weight Loss Intervention for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
Evaluating the Use of Peer Specialists to Deliver Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training

Selected Publications

Chinman M, McInnis K, Eisen S, Ellison M, Farkas M, Armstrong M, Resnick S, "Establishing a research agenda for understanding the role and impact of mental health peer specialists," Psychiatric Services, 68(9), 2017

Chinman M, Oberman R, Hanusa B, Cohen A, Salyers M, Twamley E, Young A., "A cluster randomized trial of adding Peer Specialists to intensive case management teams in the Veterans Health Administration," Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research, 42, 2015

Hamilton, A.B., Chinman, M., Cohen, A.N., Oberman, R.S., Young, A.S., "Implementation of consumer providers in mental health intensive case management teams," Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 42, 2015

Chinman, M., George P., Dougherty, R.H., Daniels, A.S., Shoma Ghose, S., Swift, A., Delphin-Rittmon, M.E., "Peer support services for individuals with serious mental illnesses: Assessing the evidence," Psychiatric Services, 65, 2014

Chinman, M., Acosta, J., Ebener, P., Malone, P.S., Slaughter M. , "A cluster-randomized trial of Getting To Outcomes’ impact on sexual health outcomes in community-based settings," Prevention Science (forthcoming)

Chinman M, Woodward EN, Curran GM, Hausmann, LRM., "Harnessing implementation science to increase the impact of health equity research," Medical Care, 55, 2017

Chinman M, Ebener P, Malone PS, Cannon J, D’Amico E, Acosta, J., "Testing implementation support for evidence-based programs in community settings: A replication cluster-randomized trial of Getting To Outcomes®," Implementation Science (forthcoming)

Honors & Awards

Outstanding Publication Award (Getting To Outcomes), 2008, American Evaluation Association
VA Daniel Deykin Award for Outstanding Mentor, 2020, Department of Veteran Affairs
Investigator Excellence in Research Award, 2020, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Associated Press

Commentary: Orange County Register

Commentary

Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault in the Military Is Unacceptable. Here's How to Fix It
Despite some steps taken by the Department of Defense, sexual assault and harassment prevention within the services and at individual installations could be substantially improved. The services could address the problem more systematically and comprehensively.
Feb 26, 2021
Newsweek
Social and Emotional Learning

Restorative Justice Isn't a Panacea, but It Can Promote Better Relationships Among Students
Restorative practices aren't necessarily a cure-all. But if implemented well, they can contribute to an overall solution. Teaching children to treat one another with respect has the potential to make schools safer and to help kids get along better throughout their lives.
Oct 21, 2019
The Hechinger Report
Social and Emotional Learning

What Two New Studies Reveal About Restorative Justice in Middle School and How It Can Be Done Better
There are many nuances to the implementation and impact of restorative practices. This suggests that continued experimentation could allow school districts to realize the benefits of instituting these practices and reduce the cost of doing so.
Apr 17, 2019
The 74 Million
Evidence Based Health Practice

Evidence-Based Treatments May Be Casualties of War on Drugs
U.S. schools and community organizations face a difficult battle to keep kids safe and drug-free. They need tools to help them choose programs that will work best for youth. The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices is such a tool, but its future is uncertain.
Jan 15, 2018
The Hill
Underage Substance Use Prevention

Anti-Drug Education: Time for a New Bumper Sticker
Effective drug prevention in America could start by helping school districts adopt programs that work. These evidence-based programs can teach children to make wise and responsible decisions about drugs, and they won't break the bank.
Jul 20, 2017
Fortune
Underage Substance Use Prevention

Making Prevention a Priority
A bill legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes in Vermont has a strong possibility of passing. Lawmakers and communities should focus on putting in place drug prevention programs aimed at young people, considering that their marijuana use is higher in Vermont than the national average.
Mar 7, 2016
VT Digger
Education Reform

Rethinking Student Discipline and Zero Tolerance
Restorative practices are an alternative to zero-tolerance school discipline policies. Rather than mandating prescribed punishments for specific misbehaviors, this more tailored approach aims to empower students.
Oct 14, 2015
Education Week
Underage Substance Use Prevention

U.S. Needs to Improve Community-Based Drug, Alcohol Prevention
As familiar as Americans are with the problems of youth drug and alcohol abuse, we are not identifying all the potential solutions. While observers criticize overemphasis in U.S. policy on enforcement and scant resources devoted to treatment, the focus on these approaches often ignores a key piece of the puzzle: prevention.
Jan 31, 2014
The Orange County Register
Health Care Program Evaluation

Getting To Outcomes: Improvement of Prevention Capacity Unveiled at a Summit of Maine Officials and Stakeholders
Community-based practitioners can improve their programs using Getting To Outcomes®, a toolkit, training, and onsite-support package which enhances their ability to prevent drug and alcohol use among youth.
Apr 29, 2013
Health Care Program Evaluation

'Implementation Science' May Help Providers Adopt New Treatments Despite Real-World Constraints
A new field called implementation science addresses the issue of how to best support providers to take up new, research-proven treatments and implement them well. A RAND study will test how well Boys & Girls Clubs carry out a program proven to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, with and without an intervention called Getting To Outcomes.
Feb 18, 2013

Publications

Journal Article
Development and Pilot Test of Criteria Defining Best Practices for Organizational Sexual Assault Prevention
This study describes the development of the Prevention Evaluation Framework, an assessment targeting organizational best practices for comprehensive sexual assault prevention across multiple domains.
Oct 19, 2022
Journal Article
Development and Pilot Test of the Competency Assessment for Sexual Assault Prevention Practitioners
The purpose of this study was to develop an assessment tool for sexual assault prevention practitioners regarding knowledge about and job relevancy of the core competencies.
Oct 14, 2022
Report
Using Getting To Outcomes® to Strengthen Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military
A series of three videos guides viewers through the process of using Getting To Outcomes® (GTO) to strengthen sexual assault prevention.
Oct 12, 2022
Tool
Getting To Outcomes® Handbook for Strengthening Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military
This web-based Getting To Outcomes handbook and PDF for offline use provide streamlined instructions and resources to help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of military sexual assault prevention activities.
Jun 20, 2022
Tool
Getting to Outcomes® Handbook for U.S. Air and Space Force Community Action Planning
Getting To Outcomes helps Air and Space Force Community Action Teams develop a Community Action Plan. The Handbook includes guidance and tools. The Resource Guide provides links and tips. The Workbook contains blank versions of the tools.
Dec 28, 2021
Multimedia
Getting to Outcomes® Training Videos for Air Force Community Action Planning
These presentations consist of a set of videos that explain how U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams can use Getting To Outcomes® (GTO) to build a Community Action Plan (CAP).
Nov 24, 2021
Tool
Self-Assessment Guide for University Prevention Programs Focused on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment
This guide provides detailed step-by-step instructions to help civilian universities and colleges assess their own programs to prevent sexual assault and harassment.
Nov 10, 2021
Journal Article
"What We Have Here, Is a Failure to [Replicate]": Ways to Solve a Replication Crisis in Implementation Science
This article reviews what is known about replication of implementation trials, and identifies the gaps and next steps to continue increasing the transparency, openness, and replicability of implementation research.
Aug 13, 2021
Tool
Getting To Outcomes®: Guide for Strengthening Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military
This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of military sexual assault prevention activities. It includes instructions, blank tools, and examples.
Aug 11, 2021
Report
Countering Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Lessons from RAND Research
The authors discuss actions that the Department of Defense (DoD) has taken to reduce sexual harassment and assault in the military, describe the challenges of reducing these behaviors, and offer recommendations to improve prevention and response.
Jul 19, 2021
Tool
Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for Air National Guard Community Action Teams
This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of Air National Guard Community Action Plans. It includes guidance, resources, and examples of completed tools.
May 24, 2021
Tool
Getting to Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams
This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of U.S. Air Force Community Action Plans.
Apr 30, 2020
Multimedia
Using Getting To Outcomes® to Build Strong Community Action Plans and Enhance U.S. Air Force Resilience and Violence Prevention Efforts: Three GTO Training Videos
These Getting To Outcomes® videos help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of U.S. Air Force Community Action Plans.
Apr 30, 2020
Journal Article
Cost Analysis of a Randomized Trial of Getting to Outcomes Implementation Support of CHOICE in Boys and Girls Clubs in Southern California
This study estimates the societal costs of implementing CHOICE, a voluntary after-school alcohol and other drug prevention program for adolescents, in Boys and Girls Clubs across Southern California with and without an implementation support system called Getting To Outcomes.
Mar 11, 2020
Journal Article
Cost Analysis of a Randomized Trial of Getting to Outcomes Implementation Support for a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Offered in Boys and Girls Clubs in Alabama and Georgia
This study estimated the cost of adding Getting To Outcomes implementation support to a teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prevention evidence-based program called Making Proud Choices in 32 Boys and Girls Clubs in Alabama and Georgia.
2020
Journal Article
Sustaining an Evidence-Based Program Over Time: Moderators of Sustainability and the Role of the Getting to Outcomes® Implementation Support Intervention
This randomized controlled trial advances the literature by testing the effects of Getting To Outcomes, an after-school evidence-based program for preventing substance use among middle-school students.
2020
Journal Article
Influence of an Implementation Support Intervention on Barriers and Facilitators to Delivery of a Substance Use Prevention Program
Findings highlight that implementation support, such as Getting to Outcomes, is likely to help low-resourced community-based organizations improve program delivery through a focus on implementation processes.
2019
Journal Article
A Program for Local Health Departments to Adapt and Implement Evidence-Based Emergency Preparedness Programs
Local health departments report improved capacities when using the Getting to Outcomes approach.
Dec 19, 2018
Journal Article
An Evidence-Based Co-Occurring Disorder Intervention in VA Homeless Programs: Outcomes from a Hybrid III Trial
An implementation strategy called Getting to Outcomes increased the number of homeless vets that engaged in treatment in a VA program, but the strategy had no significant effects on hospitalization, mental health, or substance abuse outcomes.
May 30, 2018
Journal Article
A Hybrid Type I Trial to Increase Veterans' Access to Insomnia Care: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
A brief behavioral treatment for insomnia can expand treatment for Veterans who currently lack access because of limited treatment availability; poor patient and provider knowledge about treatment options; and barriers such as distance, work schedules, and childcare.
Mar 2, 2018
Journal Article
Testing Implementation Support For Evidence-Based Programs in Community Settings: A Replication Cluster-Randomized Trial of Getting To Outcomes
The systematic support provided by Getting to Outcomes can help community organizations implement evidence-based prevention programs with more fidelity.
2018
Journal Article
A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Getting To Outcomes' Impact on Sexual Health Outcomes in Community-Based Settings
Getting to Outcomes, an implementation support intervention, can strengthen evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs.
Dec 5, 2017
Tool
Getting To Outcomes® Guide for Community Emergency Preparedness
This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of community emergency preparedness programs. It includes instructions, completed examples, and blank tools.
Aug 21, 2017
Journal Article
Provision of Peer Specialist Services in VA Patient Aligned Care Teams: Protocol for Testing a Cluster Randomized Implementation Trial
Assessing the impact of outside assistance on the deployment of peer specialists in Veterans Health Administration Patient Aligned Care Teams will provide critical data to administrators and policy makers.
Jun 7, 2017
Journal Article
The Association Between Implementation Strategy Use and the Uptake of Hepatitis C Treatment in a National Sample
Veterans Health Administration sites that used more ERIC-recommended implementation strategies delivered more evidence-based Hepatitis C treatments.
Jun 6, 2017
Journal Article
Using Getting To Outcomes to Facilitate the Use of an Evidence-Based Practice in VA Homeless Program: A Cluster-Randomized Trial of an Implementation Support Strategy
This paper presents an evaluation of an effort to incorporate an evidence-based, dual disorder treatment called Maintaining Independence and Sobriety Through Systems Integration, Outreach, and Networking-Veterans Edition (MISSION-Vet) into case management teams serving Veterans who are homeless.
Apr 7, 2017
Journal Article
Pre-transplant Depression Is Associated with Length of Hospitalization, Discharge Disposition, and Survival After Liver Transplantation
A history of depression is an important marker for poor outcomes following a liver transplant.
Nov 30, 2016
Journal Article
Early Stages of Development of a Peer Specialist Fidelity Measure
This paper describes the initial development of a peer specialist fidelity measure for two content areas: services provided by peer specialists and factors that either support or hamper the performance of those services.
Oct 12, 2016
Journal Article
A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Restorative Practices: An Illustration to Spur High-Quality Research and Evaluation
A Maine-based trial of a Restorative Practices Intervention will assess whether a positive youth development program improves developmental outcomes and stems problem behaviors in middle schoolers, and whether the effects persist in high school.
Sep 15, 2016
Journal Article
Association Between Opioid Use and Readmission Following Liver Transplantation
Liver transplant patients who use prescription opioids before their transplant face a higher risk of hospital readmissions.
Jul 25, 2016
Tool
Getting to Outcomes Guide for Teen Pregnancy Prevention
This Getting To Outcomes (GTO) guide is designed to help community organizations plan, evaluate, and improve the quality of their teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) programs.
Jul 21, 2016
Journal Article
Can Implementation Support Help Community-Based Settings Better Deliver Evidence-Based Sexual Health Promotion Programs? A Randomized Trial of Getting To Outcomes®
In typical community-based settings, manuals and training common to structured evidence-based practices may be sufficient to yield low levels of performance and moderate levels of fidelity, but systematic implementation support is needed to achieve high levels of performance and fidelity.
Jul 5, 2016
Tool
Promoting Success: A Getting To Outcomes® Guide to Implementing Continuous Quality Improvement for Community Service Organizations
Describes practical steps for conducting continuous quality improvement in community service organizations.
Dec 17, 2015
Journal Article
The Experience of Peer Mentors in an Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation in Persons with Psychiatric Illness
Peer support is an important component of services for persons with psychiatric illness but the experience of peer mentors is not well understood.
Dec 2, 2015
Journal Article
Use of Concept Mapping to Characterize Relationships Among Implementation Strategies and Assess Their Feasibility and Importance: Results from the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) Study
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Sep 25, 2015
Journal Article
A Cluster Randomized Hybrid Type III Trial Testing an Implementation Support Strategy to Facilitate the Use of an Evidence-Based Practice in VA Homeless Programs
This paper presents a study protocol to evaluate the implementation of an evidence-based, co-occurring disorder treatment called Maintaining Independence and Sobriety Through Systems Integration, Outreach, and Networking--Veterans Edition (MISSION-Vet) in HUD-VASH using an implementation strategy called Getting To Outcomes (GTO).
Jun 4, 2015
Journal Article
Getting to Outcomes®: Evidence of Empowerment Evaluation and Evaluation Capacity Building at Work
This book chapter describes Getting to Outcomes (GTO), an approach to capacity-building that supports empowerment evaluation, and discusses GTO's relationship to empowerment evaluation and evaluation capacity building.
Jan 19, 2015
Journal Article
Implementation of Consumer Providers Into Mental Health Intensive Case Management Teams
In mental health care, consumer providers (CPs) are individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) who draw upon their lived experiences while providing services to others with SMI. Implementation of CPs has proven to be challenging in a variety of settings.
2015
Journal Article
A Novel Test of the GTO Implementation Support Intervention in Low Resource Settings: Year 1 Findings and Challenges
Boys & Girls Club sites that used the Getting to Outcomes implementation support tool had greater capacity to run the Making Proud Choices program, but youth sexual health outcomes were no better at sites that used the tool versus those that did not.
2015
Journal Article
A Cluster Randomized Trial of Adding Peer Specialists to Intensive Case Management Teams in the Veterans Health Administration
Use of peer specialists (PSs)--individuals with serious mental illness who use their experiences to help others with serious mental illness--is increasing.
2015
Journal Article
Evaluating the Impact of Getting to Outcomes-Underage Drinking on Prevention Capacity and Alcohol Merchant Attitudes and Selling Behaviors
Assessed whether providing prevention coalitions with Getting To Outcomes-Underage Drinking (GTO-UD) helped improve implementation of two common EAP strategies, responsible beverage service training (RBS) and compliance checks.
Aug 1, 2014
Report
Process Evaluation of the New Mexico Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant
This report describes the evaluation of the New Mexico Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant, which aimed to pilot test the use of implementation supports to improve the development and implementation of home visiting in high-need communities.
Jul 23, 2014
Journal Article
Development of Telehealth Dialogues for Monitoring Suicidal Patients with Schizophrenia: Consumer Feedback
Suicide is a health concern among individuals with schizophrenia. A telehealth system for monitoring suicidal patients with schizophrenia was developed using the Health Buddy©.
Apr 1, 2014
Journal Article
Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study
Using a novel method of selecting implementation strategies for use within specific contexts, this study contributes to our understanding of implementation science and practice by sharpening conceptual distinctions among a comprehensive collection of implementation strategies.
Mar 1, 2014
Report
Getting To Outcomes with Developmental Assets (AGTO): An E-Learning Module
A multimedia presentation that provides information on how to strengthen planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts, whether for a youth-serving program or a community-based coalition or initiative.
Jan 2, 2014
Journal Article
Peer Support Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses: Assessing the Evidence
Peer support services have demonstrated many notable outcomes. However, studies that better differentiate the contributions of the peer role and are conducted with greater specificity, consistency, and rigor would strengthen the evidence.
2014
Journal Article
The Carrot and the Stick: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Influences on Responsible Merchant Practices to Reduce Underage Drinking
Merchants who hold more pro-enforcement attitudes engage in more responsible beverage service training practices, which in turn is associated with greater enforcement of underage drinking. These attitudes are potential targets of prevention efforts.
May 1, 2013
Journal Article
Using Patient-Facing Kiosks to Support Quality Improvement at Mental Health Clinics
Patients used kiosks in mental health clinics to provide routine data on clinical status and treatments. The data were used to improve quality of care.
Mar 1, 2013
Journal Article
Enhancing Quality Interventions Promoting Healthy Sexuality (EQUIPS): A Novel Application of Translational Research Methods
Overviews the study Enhancing Quality Interventions Promoting Healthy Sexuality (EQUIPS), which tests how well a community-based setting conducts an EBP, Making Proud Choices, that aims to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
2013
Journal Article
Intervening with Practitioners to Improve the Quality of Prevention: One-Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Assets-Getting to Outcomes
This article reports interim findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating Assets-Getting To Outcomes (AGTO)
2013
Journal Article
An Intervention to Improve Program Implementation: Findings from a Two -Year Cluster Randomized Trial of Assets-Getting to Outcomes
Studies have shown that communities have not always been able to implement evidence-based prevention programs with quality and achieve outcomes demonstrated by prevention science.
2013
Journal Article
National Survey on Implementation of Peer Specialists in the VA: Implications for Training and Facilitation
This study explored challenges, facilitators, and progress of Peer Specialist implementation from a stakeholder group involved in their management.
Dec 1, 2012
Journal Article
Lessons Learned from a Quality Improvement Intervention with Homeless Veteran Services
Homeless veterans are a vulnerable population, with high mortality and morbidity rates. Evidence-based practices for homelessness have been challenging to implement.
Aug 1, 2012
Journal Article
Employing Continuous Quality Improvement in Community-Based Substance Abuse Programs
This article aims to describe continuous quality improvement (CQI) for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in a community-based organization setting.
2012
Journal Article
Establishing and Evaluating the Key Functions of an Interactive Systems Framework Using an Assets-Getting to Outcomes Intervention
Community practitioners can face difficulty in achieving outcomes demonstrated by prevention science.
2012
Journal Article
Building Capacity for Outcomes Measurement in Human Service Organizations: The Getting to Outcomes Method
Published in: Outcomes Measurement in the Human Services, 2nd Edition: Cross-Cutting Issues and Methods in the Era of Health Reform / Magnabosco, Jennifer L. and Manderscheid, Ronald W., Eds. (Washington, DC : NASW Press, Dec. 2011), Chapter 6, p. 73-88
Dec 1, 2011
Commercial Book
Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets: Ten Steps to Measuring Success in Youth Programs and Communities
Offers a straightforward and adaptable plan for building effective community initiatives and youth programs, including 10-step process that poses different accountability questions to help document outcomes for funders.
Aug 25, 2011
Journal Article
Routine Outcomes Monitoring to Support Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Report from the VA Mental Health QUERI
This study conducted in the VA mental health system identified consensus areas, validated instruments, and assessment strategies that can be used for monitoring outcomes and improving quality of care for schizophrenia in routine practice.
Apr 1, 2011
Journal Article
The Premises Is the Premise: Understanding Off- and On-Premises Alcohol Sales Outlets to Improve Environmental Alcohol Prevention Strategies
Outlets that sell alcohol on the premises (e.g., bars or restaurants) do more to prevent alcohol sales to minors than outlets such as convenience or liquor stores.
Mar 4, 2011
Journal Article
Parental Knowledge and Substance Use Among African American Adolescents: Influence of Gender and Grade Level
Analyses by gender and grade level showed that for boys and middle school youth, parental knowledge was a protective factor for increases in substance use across 1 year.
2011
Journal Article
Using Organizational Change Strategies to Guide Peer Support Technician Implementation in the Veterans Administration
Peer support techniciansindividuals recovering from mental health problemsand clinicians at the VA have developed consensus about key elements of the peer support technician role.
2010
Journal Article
Reducing Inequities Among Children with Asthma in the Island of Puerto Rico: Experiences of a Community-Based, Trans-Sectoral Effort
This project has implemented successful interventions to improve the quality of life and reduce disparities for children with asthma in Puerto Rico.
Nov 1, 2009
Journal Article
Strengthening Prevention Performance Using Technology: A Formative Evaluation of Interactive Getting to Outcomes®
This article reports on a formative evaluation of efforts to build community-based prevention capacity in two states (Tennessee and Missouri) using an Internet-based system known as interactive Getting To Outcomes® (iGTO).
Oct 1, 2009
Journal Article
Technical Assistance as a Prevention Capacity-Building Tool: A Demonstration Using the Getting to Outcomes Framework
Demands on community-based prevention programs for performance accountability and positive outcomes are ever increasing in the face of constrained resources. Relatively little is known about how technical assistance (TA) should be structured to benefit community-based organizations and to lead to better outcomes. In this study, data from multiple sources were used to describe an effective TA model designed to improve the capacity of community-based organizations to plan, implement, and evaluate prevention programming.
Oct 1, 2009
Journal Article
Community Prevention Handbook on Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practices
Substance abuse is, and has always been, an indisputable fact of life. People -- especially young people -- abuse various legal and illegal substances for any number of reasons: to intensify feelings, to achieve deeper consciousness, to escape reality, to self-medicate.
2009
Journal Article
Promoting Evidence-Based Practices: The Adoption of a Prevention Support System in Community Settings
Prevention support systems (PSSs) are designed to help communities implement evidence-based practices (EBPs).
2009
Report
Mental Health Consumer Providers: A Guide for Clinical Staff
Consumer providers are individuals with serious mental illness who provide recovery-oriented services and support to others. This guide serves as an easy-to-use reference to assist in hiring and integrating CPs into provider teams.
Nov 12, 2008
Journal Article
Early Experiences of Employing Consumer-Providers in the VA
In 2005, the VA created consumer-providers (CPs)--individuals with experience of serious mental illness who support others with similar conditions. Data from the groups suggest that hiring and employing CPs within VA has been feasible, beneficial, and acceptable to most members of clinical teams.
Nov 1, 2008
Journal Article
EQUIP: Implementing Chronic Care Principles and Applying Formative Evaluation Methods to Improve Care for Schizophrenia: QUERI Series
This paper presents a case study that demonstrates the evolution of a project entitled Enhancing QUality-of-care In Psychosis (EQUIP). The next iteration of the project, EQUIP-2, was further informed by implementation science and the use of QUERI tools.
2008
Journal Article
The Getting to Outcomes Demonstration and Evaluation: an Illustration of the Prevention Support System
Communities are increasingly being required by state and federal funders to achieve outcomes and be accountable, yet are often not provided the guidance or the tools needed to successfully meet this challenge.
2008
Report
Getting To Outcomes™: 10 Steps for Achieving Results-Based Accountability
This summary of the Getting To Outcomes (GTO) process provides step-by-step guidance to those in need of a concise, overview-style approach to GTO as they plan, implement, and evaluation substance abuse prevention programs.
Jul 18, 2007
Research Brief
Using the ''Getting to Outcomes™'' Approach to Help Communities Prevent Underage Drinking
This research brief is a summary of a longer guide that provides key accountability questions, worksheets, tools, and examples to help communities plan, implement, and evaluate their efforts to reduce and prevent underage drinking.
May 20, 2007
Report
Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 and 2005
Evaluates the progress of Arkansas' seven health related programs funded by the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Mar 26, 2007
Report
Preventing Underage Drinking: Using Getting To Outcomes™ with the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework to Achieve Results
Alcohol is the primary contributor to adolescent deaths in the United States. This comprehensive, step-by-step guide is designed to take communities through the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies to prevent underage drinking.
Mar 19, 2007
Journal Article
Differences in HIV Care Between Patients with and Without Severe Mental Illness
This study explored how HIV care differs for infected persons with and without severe mental illness.
2007
Journal Article
The Feasibility of Computerized Patient Self-Assessment at Mental Health Clinics
ACASI was easy to use and enhanced communication. Systems like this can be a valuable part of quality improvement projects.
2007
Journal Article
Impact of a Positive Youth Development Program in Urban After-School Settings on the Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use
Positive youth development (PYD) emphasizes a strengths-based approach to the promotion of positive outcomes for adolescents.
2007
Research Brief
Getting To Outcomes™: Improving Community-Based Substance-Use Prevention
This research brief summarizes research to create Getting To Outcomes (GTO), a science-based model and support tools to help local groups develop or improve substance-use-prevention programs.
Feb 7, 2006
Journal Article
Peer Support Among Individuals with Severe Mental Illness: A Review of the Evidence
This study reviewed the potential effectiveness of forms of peer support among persons with severe mental illness: (1) naturally occurring mutual support groups, (2) consumer-run services, and (3) the use of consumers as providers within clinical and rehabilitative settings.
2006
Journal Article
Embedding Improvements, Lived Experience, and Social Justice in Evaluation Practice
The purpose of this chapter is to explore answers to questions that are not standard components of evaluation processes.
2006
Journal Article
Mobilizing Communities for Positive Youth Development: Lessons Learned from Neighborhood Groups and Community Coalitions
Describes the processes and activities of a community coalition, the Onondaga County Prevention Partners for Youth Development in Syracuse, NY.
2006
Journal Article
Patterns of HIV Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness
Individuals with serious mental illness are at higher risk for HIV than are members of the general population.
2006
Journal Article
Peer Support Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness: A Report from the Field
Peer support is still early in its development as a form of mental health service provision and needs further exploration and evaluation.
2006
Journal Article
Toward the Implementation of Mental Health Consumer Provider Services
To guide the dissemination of consumer provider services, literature on their effectiveness was reviewed. Interviews, focus groups, and a brief survey of 110 administrators, providers, and patients were conducted at three large VA clinics in Southern Cali
2006
Report
Obteniendo Resultados 2004: Promoción de Responsabilidad a Través de Métodos y Herramientas de Planeación, Implementación y Evaluación
Incorporating traditional evaluation, empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement, this manual's ten-step process enhances practitioners' substance abuse prevention skills.
Nov 27, 2005
Draft
Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005
The Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act, a referendum passed by Arkansans in the Settlement Agreement funds in seven health-related programs. The act also created the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission (ATSC) to monitor and evaluate the performance o...
Oct 10, 2005
Draft
Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005
The Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act, a referendum passed by Arkansans in the Settlement Agreement funds in seven health-related programs. The act also created the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission (ATSC) to monitor and evaluate the performance o...
Oct 10, 2005
Journal Article
Characteristics of Individuals with Severe Mental Illness Who Use Emergency Services
Emergency services are both a safety net and a locus for acute treatment.
2005
Journal Article
Developing a Community Science Research Agenda for Building Community Capacity for Effective Preventive Interventions
Research has shown that prevention programming can improve community health when implemented well.
2005
Journal Article
Recovery Guides: An Emerging Model of Community-Based Care for Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities
In this chapter, the authors argue that continued use of inherited models of case management limits the progress that otherwise could be made.
2005
Journal Article
Service Access and Service System Development in a Children's Behavioral Health System of Care
Results discussed for implications for assessing systems of care by establishment of system-level empirical benchmarks of service system development.
2005
Journal Article
Use of a Consumer-Led Intervention to Improve Provider Competencies
A feasible, consumer-led intervention improves provider competencies in domains that are necessary for the provision of high-quality care.
2005
Report
Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress from Program Inception to 2004
Evaluates the progress and implementation of the Arkansas tobacco settlement program.
Dec 11, 2004
Report
Getting To Outcomes™ 2004: Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
Incorporating traditional evaluation, empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement, this manual's ten-step process enhances practitioners' substance abuse prevention skills.
May 31, 2004
Journal Article
Computer-assisted Self-Assessment in Persons with Severe Mental Illness
ACASI data collection is reliable among people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and could be a valuable tool to improve their care.
2004
Report
Getting to Outcomes: A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Preventive Interventions
Describes a prevention process and corresponding technical assistance package for substance abuse prevention programs.
2004
Journal Article
A Network-Based System to Improve Care for Schizophrenia: The Medical Informatics Network Tool (MINT)
The Medical Informatics Network Tool (MINT) is a software system that supports the management of care for chronic illness.
2004
Journal Article
Supported Socialization for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Role of participants' expectations and perceptions in designing and evaluating psychosocial interventions for people with psychiatric disabilities.
2004
Journal Article
Trauma and Adaptation in Severe Mental Illness: The Role of Self-Reported Abuse and Exposure to Community Violence
Both past and present trauma complicates the adaptation of people with SMI.
2004
Journal Article
PIE à La Mode: Mainstreaming Evaluation and Accountability in Each Program in Every County of a Statewide School Readiness Initiative
This chapter describes a program accountability system developed to support evaluation of all school programs in each county across South Carolina
Sep 1, 2003
Journal Article
An Action Model of Socially Disruptive Behaviors Committed by Persons with Severe Mental Illness: The Role of Self-Reported Childhood Abuse and Suspiciousness-Hostility
The authors' results encourage further exploration of the role of childhood maltreatment in the adaptation of people with severe mental illness.
2003
Journal Article
An Instrument to Assess Competencies of Providers Treating Severe Mental Illness
One approach to improving the quality of rare for severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia is through the improvement of provider competencies.
2003
Journal Article
The Connecticut Mental Health Center Patient Profile Project: Application of a Service Needs Index
Describes a quality assurance effort aimed at defining the characteristics of the patient population of the Connecticut Mental Health Center.
2002
Journal Article
Service Providers' Views of Psychiatric Mutual Support Groups
Despite evidence that mutual support groups can be beneficial for those with mental illnesses, professionals are reluctant to utilize this resource.
2002
Journal Article
Impact of Panic Attacks on Rehabilitation and Quality of Life Among Persons with Severe Psychotic Disorders
This study of persons with severe psychotic disorders found that persons with a history of panic attacks are more likely to have higher rates of comorbid psychological disorders than those not having panic attacks.
Jul 1, 2001
Journal Article
Chronicity Reconsidered: Improving Person-Environment Fit Through a Consumer-Run Service
Previous research indicates that recurrent acute hospitalizations and an inability to establish or maintain tenure in the community may be due to a disconnection from community-based services and supports, social isolation, and demoralization.
Jun 1, 2001
Journal Article
Homelessness, Mental Illness and Citizenship
The concept of citizenship-a connection to the rights, responsibilities, roles, and resources that society offers-offers a useful framework for approaching the goal of strengthening homeless people's ties to their community.
Mar 1, 2001
Journal Article
Developing the Case Management Relationship with Seriously Mentally Ill Homeless Individuals
Starting in the late 1970s, a number of factors contributed to what has been called a new homelessness in America
2001
Journal Article
It Was Just Realizing... That Life Isn't One Big Horror: A Qualitative Study of Supported Socialization
This report describes the qualitative component of a large-scale study of supported socialization.
2001
Journal Article
Simply to Be Let in: Inclusion as a Basis for Recovery
Implications for future research and policy are suggested based on these data.
2001
Journal Article
Using the Getting-To-Outcomes (GTO) Model in a Statewide Prevention Initiative
This article briefly describes the GTO model and the accountability questions.
2001
Journal Article
Getting to Outcomes: A Results-Based Approach to Accountability
Getting to outcomes: methods and tools for planning, evaluation, and accountability (GTO) was developed as a guidebook to help practitioners plan, implement, and evaluate their programs to achieve results.
Aug 1, 2000
Journal Article
How Are We Doing? A Statewide Survey of Community Adjustment Among People with Serious Mental Illness Receiving Intensive Outpatient Services
This study examined factors that affect how well intensive users of mental health services function in community settings. Four factors were tied to better functioning: having a prescription, medication adherence, being perceived as less threatening, and having frequent social interactions.
Aug 1, 2000
Journal Article
Comparing Consumer and Nonconsumer Provided Case Management Services for Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness
Jul 1, 2000
Journal Article
Client-case Manager Racial Matching in a Program for Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness
This study evaluated the effect of client-case manager racial matching in a case management program for homeless people with serious mental illness and found virtually no evidence of a relationship between client-case manager racial matching on either outcomes or service use.
2000
Journal Article
On the Road to Collaborative Treatment Planning: Consumer and Provider Perspectives
This study assessed attitudes toward collaborative mental health treatment planning. Results showed that providers tend to place responsibility for difficulty in implementing collaborative planning on consumers and tend to underestimate consumer interest in this process.
May 1, 1999