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Using Draw the Path to Evaluate a Mental Health-Primary Care Integrated Care Services Model
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| Presenter(s):
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| Louise Miller, University of Missouri, lmiller@missouri.edu
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| Karen R Battjes, Missouri Department of Mental Health, karen.battjes@dmh.mo.gov
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| Abstract:
In 2008, the Missouri Department of Mental Health partnered with the Coalition of Community Mental Health Centers and the Primary Care Association to pilot an integrated care model, sharing clients between seven FQHC and CMHC partnerships to provide comprehensive 'one stop' mental health and primary care services. Using Draw the Path, a mid-project evaluation was done to describe implementation issues faced by the partnerships. These included system issues, care processes, and staff preparation and training. The value of this approach was to understand stakeholder perspectives at individual sites as well as across sites to identify immediate barriers, recognize key successes, and sustain project momentum. Interim evaluation data was pivotal to this project in order to show need for continued allocation of funds by the Missouri legislature. The presentation will present highlights of use of Draw the Path to provide formative evaluation data that contributed to meeting overall project goals.
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Impact of Education on Dementia Care Practices: Are 'Action Plans' Effective in Modifying Behavior?
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| Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Stanford University, dolorest@stanford.edu
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| Eunice Rodriguez, Stanford University, er23@stanford.edu
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| Renee Marquett, Stanford University, rmmarquett@yahoo.com
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| Melen Mcbride, Stanford University, mcbride@stanford.edu
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| Ladson Hinton, University of California Davis, ladson.hinton@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
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| Abstract:
To continue improving the quality of care provided to the elderly it is important to evaluate ongoing training of medical and allied health professionals working in clinical settings. The Stanford Geriatric Education Center, in collaboration with the Alzheimers Association of Northern California has provided an annual 7-hour conference entitled 'Updates on Dementia' to inform clinicians and non-clinicians working with some aspect of dementia care of new research developments and clinical practices. The evaluation component of this conference includes the development of an innovative 'action plan' developed by the participants at the end of the training. This study investigates the usefulness of developing 'action plans,' as an evaluation tool to assess actual change (implementation of the planned behavior) after a 3-month follow-up. The primary reason for developing this assessment instrument was to gain insight into whether or not clinicians were utilizing the training received at the conference in concrete and measurable ways.
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