title: The State Health Authority Yardstick (SHAY).
abstract: State mental health authorities have a leadership role in implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs), but few instruments are available to assess the impact of this role. We describe the development of the State Mental Health Authority Yardstick (SHAY), a behaviorally anchored instrument designed to assess state-level facilitating conditions associated with successful implementation of EBPs in community mental health centers. The SHAY assesses the SMHA role in seven domains: Planning, Financing, Training, Leadership, Policies and Regulations, Quality Improvement, and Stakeholders. Preliminary evidence from the National Evidence-Based Practices Project partially supports the construct and criterion-oriented validity of this instrument for rating state-level activities supporting or blocking the implementation of evidence-based practices.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Evidence-Based Services and Implementation Science, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY, USA. comdmtf@omh.state.ny.us
authors.forename: Molly T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Finnerty
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lynde
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ganju
authors.forename: Howard H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D013219:State Government; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States