| Roundtable: What Constitutes Evidence Without a Clinical Trial? Evaluating A Home-Based Services Program |
| Roundtable Presentation 815 to be held in Suwannee 19 on Saturday, Nov 14, 11:50 AM to 12:35 PM |
| Sponsored by the Qualitative Methods TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Janis Prince Inniss, University of South Florida, jpinniss@fmhi.usf.edu |
| Abstract: Ingham County, Michigan has a home-based services program for children with mental health challenges that is characterized as being strengths-based, solution-focused, and committed to doing whatever it takes to support and assist families. With a federal grant to establish a system of care for children with serious mental health challenges and their families, there has been growing interest in the question of whether the program merits being called 'evidence-based'. This presentation will describe the evaluation of this program, data sources used and address the methodology employed to determine program effectiveness and its readiness for dissemination. |