title: Program fidelity in assertive community treatment: development and use of a measure.
abstract: Assertive community treatment (ACT) is a complex community-based service approach to helping people with severe mental disorders live successfully in the community. Effective replication of the model and research on critical elements require explicit criteria and measurement. A measure of program fidelity to ACT and the results of its application to fifty diverse programs are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. teague@fmhi.usf.edu
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Teague
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Drake
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012106:Research