Evaluation Help: Strategies for Change

Whether you are planning on changing your own behavior, or the behavior of residents of a community, or an organization, there is no magic or standard way. Yet the evidence is compelling for successful models for change built from lessons of everyday practice of health and behavioral health providers and social scientists. This page is devoted to exploring these theories and models of change, and their application in everyday life.

David Robinson

Comparitive Medical Treatment in Stimulus Bill

By ROBERT PEAR

Published: February 15, 2009

WASHINGTON — The $787 billion economic stimulus bill approved by Congress will, for the first time, provide substantial amounts of money for the federal government to compare the effectiveness of different treatments for the same illness.

Under the legislation, researchers will receive $1.1 billion to compare drugs, medical devices, surgery and other ways of treating specific conditions. The bill creates a council of up to 15 federal employees to coordinate the research and to advise President Obama and Congress on how to spend the money.

For more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/health/policy/16health.html?hp

Mental Health of Children and Youth in Care

by B. Walton, E. Wright, A. Lawson & S. Quantz (2007)
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 75%-80% of the children who need mental health services do not receive them (CWLA, 2004).
50% of the children in the child welfare system (Burns et al., 2004) have behavioral health needs
More than 80% of children in foster care have developmental, emotional, or behavioral problems (CWLA, 2004).
Children in the child welfare system are at higher risk for mental health and addiction issues.

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