Journal article
Aligning dissemination and implementation science with health policies to improve children's mental health
The American psychologist, v 75(8), pp 1130-1145
Nov 2020
PMID: 33252950
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Abstract
The prevalence of mental health problems among children (ages 0-21) in the United States remains unacceptably high and, post-COVID-19, is expected to increase dramatically. Decades of psychological knowledge about effective treatments should inform the delivery of better services. Dissemination and implementation (D&I) science has been heralded as a solution to the persistent problem of poor quality services and has, to some extent, improved our understanding of the contexts of delivery systems that implement effective practices. However, there are few studies demonstrating clear, population-level impacts of psychological interventions on children. Momentum is growing among communities, cities, states, and some federal agencies to build "health in all policies" to address broad familial, social, and economic factors known to affect children's healthy development and mental health. These health policy initiatives offer a rare opportunity to repurpose D&I science, shifting it from a primary focus on evidence-based practice implementation, to a focus on policy development and implementation to support child and family health and well-being. This shift is critical as states develop policy responses to address the health and mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on already-vulnerable families. We provide a typology for building research on D&I and children's mental health policy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Title
- Aligning dissemination and implementation science with health policies to improve children's mental health
- Creators
- Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone HealthJonathan Purtle - Drexel UniversityJulia Spandorfer - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone HealthRobin Peth-Pierce - Public Health Communications Consulting, LLC.Sarah McCue Horwitz - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Health
- Publication Details
- The American psychologist, v 75(8), pp 1130-1145
- Grant note
- P50 MH113662 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000595557900009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85097037284
- Other Identifier
- 991019169656204721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary