title: Quality indicators for multidisciplinary team functioning in community-based children's mental health services.
abstract: The current study examined the organizational social context in 21 community-based programs serving youth at-risk for out-of-home care due to emotional or behavioral disorders and their families and program performance on five quality indicators of team functioning in teams that included a family support specialist. Results indicate that programs with higher performance on structures to facilitate teamwork, informal communication mechanisms among team members, and the ability to integrate family support specialists as equal members of the team showed more positive organizational functioning. Implications for the role of quality indicators in health care reform efforts are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Studies, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, kutash@usf.edu.
authors.forename: Krista
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kutash
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acri
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pollock
authors.forename: Kelsey
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Armusewicz
authors.forename: Su-Chin
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Serene Olin
authors.forename: Kimberly Eaton
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hoagwood
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009518:New York; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010379:Peer Group; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support