These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Knowledge of and attitudes towards evidence-based practices in community child mental health practitioners.
    Author: Nakamura BJ, Higa-McMillan CK, Okamura KH, Shimabukuro S.
    Journal: Adm Policy Ment Health; 2011 Jul; 38(4):287-300. PubMed ID: 21499945.
    Abstract:
    Research in the dissemination of evidence-based practices (EBPs) suggests that practitioners' knowledge of and attitudes towards EBPs influence their decisions to adopt such practices. This study investigated the relationships between practitioner background variables and EBP knowledge and attitudes, as well as the relationship between knowledge and attitudes among public sector youth direct service providers (n = 240). Findings suggest that knowledge and attitudes relate to practitioners' most advanced degree, practice setting, and licensure status. Additionally, lack of knowledge in the form of EBP under-identification was related to negative attitudes. Findings are discussed as they relate to the dissemination of EBPs.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]