title: Selecting an EBP to reduce long-term foster care: lessons from a university-child welfare agency partnership.
abstract: A growing implementation literature outlines broad evidence-based practice implementation principles and pitfalls. Less robust is knowledge about the real-world process by which a state or agency chooses an evidence-based practice to implement and evaluate. Using a major U.S. initiative to reduce long-term foster care as the case, this article describes three major aspects of the evidence-based practice selection process: defining a target population, selecting an evidence-based practice model and purveyor, and tailoring the model to the practice context. Use of implementation science guidelines and lessons learned from a unique private-public-university partnership are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas , Lawrence , Kansas , USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bryson
authors.forename: Becci A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Blase
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000523:psychology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities