@article{ref1,
title="The impact of evidence-based practice implementation and fidelity monitoring on staff turnover: evidence for a protective effect",
journal="Journal of consulting and clinical psychology",
year="2009",
author="Aarons, Gregory A. and Sommerfeld, David H. and Hecht, Debra B. and Silovsky, Jane F. and Chaffin, Mark J.",
volume="77",
number="2",
pages="270-280",
abstract="Staff retention is an ongoing challenge in mental health and community-based service organizations. Little is known about the impact of evidence-based practice implementation on the mental health and social service workforce. The present study examined the effect of evidence-based practice implementation and ongoing fidelity monitoring on staff retention in a children's services system. The study took place in the context of a statewide, regionally randomized effectiveness trial of an evidence-based intervention designed to reduce child neglect. In the study 21 teams consisting of 153 home-based service providers were followed over a 29-month period. Survival analyses revealed greater staff retention in the condition where the evidence-based practice was implemented along with ongoing fidelity monitoring presented to staff as supportive consultation. These results should help to allay concerns about staff retention when implementing evidence-based practices where there is good values-innovation fit and when fidelity monitoring is designed as an aid and support to service providers in providing a high standard of care for children and families.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-006X",
doi="10.1037/a0013223",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0013223"
}