Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo MI 49008, USA.
Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo MI 49008, USA.
Eval Program Plann. 2021 Apr;85:101906. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101906. Epub 2021 Jan 30.
Evidence-based program registers (EBPRs) are important tools for facilitating the use of evidence-based practices or programs (EBPs) by state statutory agencies responsible for behavioral healthcare, broadly defined as substance misuse, mental health, HIV/AIDS prevention, child welfare, and offender rehabilitation. There are currently no data on the purposes for which such state agencies reference EBPRs on their official websites.
A webscraping method was used to identify and classify relevant "hits", defined as a state behavioral health webpage with single or multiple references to a study EBPR. A total of 778 hits (unique combinations of webpage and register) were coded. Up to three codes were applied to each hit for the "reasons for the EBPR reference" (EBPR use) dimension, one code was applied to each hit for the "purpose of the EBPR reference" and "intended audience of the webpage containing the hit" dimensions, and up to two codes were applied to each hit for the "funding mentions" dimension.
Three EBPRs out of 28 accounted for 73.6% of the hits. The most frequent reason for referencing EBPRs were as a resource for selecting EBPs or validating existing programs and practices. The references tended to appear in reports from the state, in training materials, or guidelines. The references tended to address broad groups of behavioral healthcare professionals. EBPRs were frequently referenced in the context of federal block grants or other federal funding.
Increasing state agencies' awareness and use of the entire range of existing EBPRs may improve implementation of EBPs nationally.
循证计划注册（EBPR）是负责行为健康的州法定机构（广义上包括药物滥用、心理健康、艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防、儿童福利和罪犯康复）促进使用基于证据的实践或计划（EBPs）的重要工具。目前尚无关于此类州机构在其官方网站上参考 EBPR 的目的的数据。
使用网络抓取方法来识别和分类相关的“命中”，定义为具有对研究性 EBPR 的单一或多个引用的单个州行为健康网页。总共对 778 个“命中”（网页和注册的唯一组合）进行了编码。对于“EBPR 引用的原因”（EBPR 使用）维度，每个“命中”最多应用三个代码；对于“EBPR 引用的目的”和“包含命中的网页的预期受众”维度，每个“命中”应用一个代码；对于“资金提及”维度，每个“命中”最多应用两个代码。
28 个 EBPR 中有 3 个占了 73.6%的命中。参考 EBPR 的最常见原因是作为选择 EBPs 或验证现有计划和实践的资源。这些引用往往出现在州报告、培训材料或指南中。这些引用往往针对广泛的行为健康专业人员群体。EBPR 经常在联邦拨款或其他联邦资金的背景下被提及。
提高州机构对现有 EBPR 全部范围的认识和使用，可能会提高全国范围内 EBPs 的实施效果。
