Publications by authors named "Natalie K. Finn"
Validation of the Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) with Supervisors' Self-Ratings.
Community Ment Health J
January 2018
Article Synopsis
- There is limited empirical research on how leadership affects health services management and delivery, especially regarding evidence-based practices (EBP).
- This study focused on evaluating the Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS), which measures traits like knowledge and support in leaders, using self-ratings from 119 mental health clinic supervisors.
- The findings confirmed the ILS's reliability and validity, showing strong internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha of 0.92 to 0.96 for subscales, 0.95 overall), indicating it effectively assesses leadership across various organizational levels.
Objectives: Discrepancies, or perceptual distance, between leaders' self-ratings and followers' ratings of the leader are common but usually go unrecognized. Research on discrepancies is limited, but there is evidence that discrepancies are associated with organizational context. This study examined the association of leader-follower discrepancies in Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) ratings of mental health clinic leaders and the association of those discrepancies with organizational climate for involvement and performance feedback.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere have been recent calls for pragmatic measures to assess factors that influence evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation processes and outcomes. The Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) is a brief and efficient measure that can be used for research or organizational development purposes to assess leader behaviors and actions that actively support effective EBP implementation. The ILS was developed and validated in mental health settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction to the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration: advancing efficient methodologies through team science and community partnerships Cara Lewis, Doyanne Darnell, Suzanne Kerns, Maria Monroe-DeVita, Sara J. Landes, Aaron R. Lyon, Cameo Stanick, Shannon Dorsey, Jill Locke, Brigid Marriott, Ajeng Puspitasari, Caitlin Dorsey, Karin Hendricks, Andria Pierson, Phil Fizur, Katherine A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) is a brief, pragmatic, and efficient measure that can be used for research or organizational development to assess leader behaviors and actions that actively support effective implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). The ILS was originally validated with mental health clinicians. This study validates the ILS factor structure with providers in community-based organizations (CBOs) providing child welfare services.
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- Child neglect is the most common form of maltreatment, making up 79.5% of child-welfare cases, and evidence-based intervention SafeCare(®) has been found to significantly reduce recidivism rates.
- Effective collaboration among stakeholders is crucial for the successful implementation and sustainability of interventions like SafeCare, but there is limited understanding of what factors facilitate this process.
- The study found that fully-sustaining programs displayed better collaboration than non-sustaining ones, emphasizing themes like shared vision, resource sharing, and ongoing relationships among stakeholders in child welfare systems.