title: A Multi-Stakeholder Process to Transform a Community-based Screening and Referral Program to Implement Evidence-Based Depression Care.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Screening and referral for geriatric depression by service agencies is associated with poor treatment engagement indicating the need to transform services to directly provide depression care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a multi-organization workgroup implementation planning process used to transform a community-based screening and referral program to provide a brief evidence-based intervention for older adults with depressive symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  An iterative implementation procedure used by a multi-stakeholder group that selected an evidence-based practice, planned implementation rollout, planned counselor training, and designed an implementation evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The workgroup successfully followed the implementation procedure and developed a plan for the implementation of an evidence-based intervention. Overall, the workgroup prioritized decisions that favored feasibility and low implementation burden.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A multi-organization workgroup can benefit from a semi-structured implementation planning procedure because it provides all stakeholders with a shared roadmap for implementation planning.
authors: a Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging , Lebanon, New Hampshire , USA.
authors: Renee
authors: R
authors: Pepin
authors: b National Center for PTSD, Department of Veterans Affairs , White River Junction, Vermont , USA.
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Hoyt
authors: a Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging , Lebanon, New Hampshire , USA.|c National Alliance on Mental Illness New Hampshire , Concord, New Hampshire , USA.
authors: Bernadette
authors: B
authors: Seifert
authors: a Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging , Lebanon, New Hampshire , USA.
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Bartels
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Evidence-based practice; community-based mental health services; implementation