Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Objectives: There is a growing literature indicating that organizational and individual worker-level factors affect decisions about whether or not empirically-supported treatments (EST’s) are adopted within health care agencies. The purpose of this pilot study is to further investigate and measure worker’s attitudes within a community organization. Methods: A small organization participated in the study due to their diversity in services offered. Of the 92 workers eligible for participation in the study, 66 (72%) completed the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS) survey. Results: Multivariate analyses revealed that female workers scored higher on both Openness and total score; workers with nursing, education or psychology majors scored lower than workers with other (excluding social work) majors on both Divergence and total score; and that older workers scored higher on Divergence. Conclusion: Although small, this study identifies individual characteristics that are most likely to fit the profile of an EST adopter
Recommended Citation
Patterson Silver Wolf (Adelv unegv Waya), David A. PhD; Maguin, Eugene PhD; Dulmus, Catherine N. PhD; and Nisbet, Bruce C., "Individual Worker level Attitudes Toward Empirically Supported Treatments" (2013). Brown School Faculty Publications. 10.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/brown_facpubs/10
Embargo Period
10-29-2013
Comments
This is a copy of the author's final, accepted, manuscript of an article published in Research on Social Work Practice doi:10.1177/1049731512463442 © The Authors. Reprints and permissions, sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav