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Toolkit: A Model of Indicators and A Report Card for Assessment of Mental Health Plans’ and Systems’
This Toolkit takes a comprehensive look at performance assessment of mental health plans and systems. The major objectives of the toolkit are to: (1) provide background information on performance assessment, performance indicators and report cards in the context of a managed care environment; (2) to describe and summarize existing models; (3) to present a model tailored to the needs of public mental health authorities; and (4) to describe the process of developing performance indicators and discuss such practical issues … Read More
Date: /1996
Author(s): Edna Kamis-Gould, Ph.D., Trevor R. Hadley, Ph.D.
Toolkit for Effective and Persuasive Case Studies
The aim of this Toolkit is to provide a framework for case studies that will substantially enhance their effectiveness and make them appropriately persuasive to the audiences for which they are intended. This Toolkit is meant to be comprehensive, addressing the entire range of purposes and types of case studies. It develops a general research protocol, however, that addresses potential deficiencies in case studies in such a way that it can be adapted to the … Read More
Date: /1996
Author(s): Lee Sechrest, Ph.D., Michelle Stewart, Timothy R. Stickle, Souraya Sidani
Practical Meta-Analysis Toolkit
The purpose of this Toolkit is to provide a practical guide to conducting meta-analysis with emphasis on its application to applied research, especially mental health research. Meta-analysis applies only to empirical research studies. It cannot be used to summarize theoretical papers, conventional research reviews, policy proposals, and the like. It applies only to research studies that produce quantitative findings. It should be noted that meta-analysis appears under many labels in published literature, e.g., quantitative … Read More
Date: /1996
Author(s): Mark W. Lipsey, David B. Wilson
MIXOR & MIXREG: A Windows Computer Program for Mixed-Effects Regression Analysis with Autocorrelate
This Toolkit includes Windows computer programs for a regression analysis of longitudinal and clustered data that are dichotomous, ordinal, or normally-distributed with autocorrelated errors. The programs provided employ a mixed-effects regression model, which assumes some regression parameters other than residuals to be random. Hence, the program adjusts for the dependence among observations present in longitudinal designs due to subjects being repeatedly assessed over time; and in clustered designs due to subjects being nested within a … Read More
Date: /1996
Author(s): Donald Hedecker & Robert D. Gibbons
Fiscal Year 1994 Directory of State Mental Health Agency Research & Evaluation Projects
This directory contains information on over 800 projects conducted by, or in conjunction with, thirty-seven (37) state/territory mental health agencies. The information was compiled from a survey of all fifty-five (55) state and territorial mental health agencies. This book represents the most current version of a Directory of State mental health research and evaluation projects. Included with this book is a computer diskette containing the contents of the Directory in WordPerfect 5.1 format for keyword or phrase searches. … Read More
Date: /1996
Author(s): The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Research Institute.