Isett Kimberley R, Phillips Susan D
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
J Behav Health Serv Res. 2010 Jan;37(1):111-23. doi: 10.1007/s11414-009-9183-1. Epub 2009 Aug 5.
This paper presents a first look at network and survey data collected to ascertain the salience and value-added of technology transfer networks in reducing the science-to-service gap in behavioral healthcare services. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network served as the case setting upon which administrative and survey data were analyzed. Results show a rich set of formal relationships within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and suggest participants found these relationships and this medium useful in altering their day-to-day practices and increasing their professional knowledge. The implications of these findings are that technology transfer networks are useful mechanisms worthy of investment of scarce resources.