evidence-based practice

BH TIG Week: Branding of evidence-based practices: What’s in a name? by Curt Mearns

Greetings, I’m Curt Mearns, a long-time evaluator who started my own community-based program evaluation organization a few years ago in a historically impoverished community.  This week’s topic of evidence-based programs and practices (EBPs) led me to consider the challenges I have seen over the years related to branding and implementation of EBPs.   Lesson Learned: …

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BH TIG Week: Some Reflections on Requirements for the Use of Evidence-based Practices by David Shern

Greetings. I’m David Shern, the Senior Public Health Advisor for the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and Chair of the science committee for the Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP). Last year, CTIPP tracked the inclusion of trauma informed practices in the opioid bill passed by Congress that included reference …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Chandra Story on Practice Based Evidence and Evidence Based Practice in Program Evaluation

My name is Chandra Story. I was a 2016 AEA Minority Serving Institution Fellow this year and am a faculty member at Oklahoma State University in Health Education and Promotion/Public Health. My background includes project management and evaluation for federally funded projects, along with non-profit organizations. I have had the opportunity to partner with amazing …

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SWTIG: Tracy Wharton on Engaging Social Workers: Linking Evaluation to Evidence-Based Practice

I’m Tracy Wharton, Assistant Professor at the College of Health and Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida. Having been a practitioner, a program coordinator, a program evaluator, and now a faculty member, I am working on bringing relevant connections between practice and evaluation into the classroom. Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is the process of …

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