10 Proven Steps to Better Programs (and Outcomes Funders Expect) 2017
This graphic outlines Getting to Outcomes (GTO), a results-oriented approach to running effective programs.
This graphic outlines Getting to Outcomes (GTO), a results-oriented approach to running effective programs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The systematic support provided by Getting to Outcomes can help community organizations implement evidence-based prevention programs with more fidelity.
Local health departments report improved capacities when using the Getting to Outcomes approach.
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.
Getting to Outcomes, an implementation support intervention, can strengthen evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs.
We designed and tested the feasibility, effectiveness, and sustainability of CQI approaches in substance use disorder treatment settings
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.
The costs of implementing continuous quality improvement activities in substance abuse treatment facilities are relatively low overall.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Few studies have designed and tested the use of continuous quality improvement approaches in community based substance use treatment settings. Little is known about the feasibility, costs, efficacy, and sustainment of such approaches in these settings.
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.
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.
This article reports interim findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating Assets-Getting To Outcomes (AGTO)
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.
Homeless veterans are a vulnerable population, with high mortality and morbidity rates. Evidence-based practices for homelessness have been challenging to implement.
Community practitioners can face difficulty in achieving outcomes demonstrated by prevention science.
This article aims to describe continuous quality improvement (CQI) for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in a community-based organization setting.
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.
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.
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).
Prevention support systems (PSSs) are designed to help communities implement evidence-based practices (EBPs).
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.
Research has shown that prevention programming can improve community health when implemented well.
Describes a prevention process and corresponding technical assistance package for substance abuse prevention programs.
This article briefly describes the GTO model and the accountability questions.
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.
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.
This content area module for workplace stress prevention and reduction is a companion volume to the Getting To Outcomes Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams. It includes guidance, resources, and examples of completed tools.
This content area module for Air Force sexual harassment prevention is a companion volume to the Getting To Outcomes Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams. It includes guidance, resources, and examples of completed tools.
This content area module for Air Force sleep health promotion is a companion volume to the 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 Air National Guard Community Action Plans. It includes guidance, resources, and examples of completed tools.
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.
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.
Describes practical steps for conducting continuous quality improvement in community service organizations.
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.
Describes the ten-step Getting To Outcomes® process for planning, implementing, and evaluating home visiting programs aimed at improving outcomes for families with young children.
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.
Incorporating traditional evaluation, empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement, this manual's ten-step process enhances practitioners' substance abuse prevention skills.
Incorporating traditional evaluation, empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement, this manual's ten-step process enhances practitioners' substance abuse prevention skills.
In D. Fetterman, S. Kaftarian, & A. Wandersman. (Eds.), Second Edition. Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self-assessment, Evaluation Capacity Building and Accountability. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
In Jennifer L. Magnabosco and Ronald W. Manderscheid (Eds.), Second Edition. Outcomes Measurement in the Human Services: Cross-Cutting Issues and Methods in the Era of Health Reform. Washington, D.C.: NASW Press.
In C. Leukefeld, T. Gullotta, & M. Staton-Tindall (Eds.), Adolescent substance abuse: Evidence-based approaches to prevention and treatment (pp. 213-249). New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media.
In Shaw I, Greene J, and Mark M (Eds.), Handbook of evaluation: Program, policy and practice. (pp. 287-314). Sage Publications.
In Clary, EG & Rhodes JE (Eds.), Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development: Strategies for Closing the Gap between Beliefs and Behaviors: Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Communities and Society
Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute
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