title: Improving healthcare and outcomes for high-risk children and teens: formation of the National Consortium for Pediatric and Adolescent Evidence-Based Practice.
abstract: Although major healthcare and professional organizations as well as key leaders have long emphasized the importance of evidence-based practice (EBP) in improving patient care and outcomes, the majority of healthcare professionals do not implement EBP. There is a huge gap in time that exists between the generation of research findings and the translation of those findings into clinical practice. Many efficacious interventions are not being used in clinical practice even though research findings suggest that they improve child and adolescent health and development. Conversely, many clinical practices are being implemented without sufficient evidence to support their use. Because of the need to accelerate EBP and to generate evidence to support best practices, the first EBP Leadership Summit focused on children and adolescents was conducted in February 2007. Several nationally recognized EBP experts and healthcare leaders from a number of children's hospitals and colleges of nursing across the U.S. participated in the Summit. This article describes the process used and outcomes generated from this landmark event in child and adolescent healthcare, including the launching of the new National Consortium for Pediatric and Adolescent EBP (NCPAEP). Future directions of the consortium also are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, Phoenix 85004, USA. Bernadette.Melnyk@asu.edu
authors.forename: Bernadette Mazurek
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Melnyk
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fineout-Overholt
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hockenberrry
authors.forename: Myra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huth
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jamerson
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Latta
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lewandowski
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gance-Cleveland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007857:Leadership; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States