title: Evaluating the effectiveness of a clinical practice change intervention in increasing clinician provision of preventive care in a network of community-based mental health services: a study protocol of a non-randomized, multiple baseline trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  People with a mental illness experience substantial disparities in health, including increased rates of morbidity and mortality caused by potentially preventable chronic diseases. One contributing factor to such disparity is a higher prevalence of modifiable health risk behaviors, such as smoking, inadequate fruit and vegetable intake, harmful alcohol consumption, and inadequate physical activity. Evidence supports the effectiveness of preventive care in reducing such risks, and guidelines recommend that preventive care addressing such risks be incorporated into routine clinical care. Although community-based mental health services represent an important potential setting for ensuring that people with a mental illness receive such care, research suggests its delivery is currently sub-optimal. A study will be undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of a clinical practice change intervention in increasing the routine provision of preventive care by clinicians in community mental health settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  A two-group multiple baseline design will be utilized to assess the effectiveness of a multi-strategic intervention implemented over 12 months in increasing clinician provision of preventive care. The intervention will be implemented sequentially across the two groups of community mental health services to increase provision of client assessment, brief advice, and referral for four health risk behaviors (smoking, inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, harmful alcohol consumption, and inadequate physical activity). Outcome measures of interest will be collected via repeated cross-sectional computer-assisted telephone interviews undertaken on a weekly basis for 36 months with community mental health clients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study is the first to assess the effectiveness of a multi-strategic clinical practice change intervention in increasing routine clinician provision of preventive care for chronic disease behavioral risk factors within a network of community mental health services. The results will inform future policy and practice regarding the ability of clinicians within mental health settings to improve preventive care provision as a result of such interventions.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12613000693729.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bartlem
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freund
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wye
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McElwaine
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McElduff
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gillham
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wiggers
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009520:New Zealand; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012309:Risk-Taking
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