Manuscript: Defining Quality Standards for Intensive Home Based Treatment Programs for Youth with Serious Emotional Disorders
Author
Bruns, Eric JBenjamin, Philip H
Shepler, Richard N
Kellogg, Marianne
Pluckebaum, Hunter
Woolston, Joseph L
English, Kelly
Zabel, Michelle D
Date
2021-07-09Journal
Administration and Policy in Mental HealthPublisher
Springer NatureType
Article
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Intensive Home Based Treatment (IHBT) is a critical component of the continuum of community-based behavioral healthcare for youth with serious emotional disorder (SED) and their families. Yet despite being used nationwide at costs of over $100 million annually in some states, a well-vetted, research-based set of quality standards for IHBT has yet to be developed. The current project aimed to define program and practice standards for IHBT, drawing upon literature review, expert interviews, and a systematic Delphi process engaging over 80 participants, including IHBT developers, experts in evidence-based youth mental health, youth and family advocates, IHBT providers, and state policymakers. After two rounds of quantitative and qualitative input, adequate consensus was achieved on 32 IHBT Program Standards and 43 IHBT Practice Standards. These standards hold potential for informing efforts such as development of state regulations, provider contracts, memoranda of agreement, and training and workforce development initiatives. Translation of the quality standards into measurement strategies holds potential for providing a method of continuous quality improvement across multiple levels as well as use in research on IBHT.Rights/Terms
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http://hdl.handle.net/10713/16180ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s10488-021-01116-8