Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Department of Child and Family Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2022 Apr;50(3):1700-1716. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22749. Epub 2021 Nov 19.
Community-based organizations (CBOs) must have the capacity to adopt, implement, and sustain evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, limited research exists examining CBOs' ability/capacity to implement EBPs. The purpose of this preliminary study was to investigate how staff of CBOs perceive implementation practice capacity, determine factors needed for adequate capacity for implementing EBPs, and examine which perspectives of capacity are shared across organizational levels. Ninety-seven administrators and practitioners of CBOs were surveyed using the Implementation Capacity Survey, which examines perceived importance, presence, and organizational capacity of the CBO in nine implementation practice areas (IPAs) (e.g., leadership). Results revealed participants rated IPAs on the importance scale higher than IPAs on the present scale. Presence and organizational capacity scales were strongly correlated, and results showed significant differences between administrators and practitioners on ratings of presence and organizational capacity. Implications for future research aimed at examining/building implementation practice capacity in community settings will be discussed.
社区组织（CBOs）必须具备采用、实施和维持基于证据的实践（EBPs）的能力。然而，目前关于 CBO 实施 EBP 能力的研究有限。本初步研究的目的是调查 CBO 员工如何感知实施实践能力，确定实施 EBP 所需的因素，并研究哪些能力观点在组织层面上是共同的。使用实施能力调查对 97 名 CBO 的管理人员和从业人员进行了调查，该调查考察了 CBO 在九个实施实践领域（IPA）（例如领导力）中对实施实践能力的感知重要性、存在和组织能力。结果表明，参与者在重要性量表上对 IPA 的评分高于目前量表上的评分。存在和组织能力量表之间具有很强的相关性，并且结果表明管理人员和从业人员在存在和组织能力的评分上存在显著差异。将讨论旨在检验/建立社区环境中实施实践能力的未来研究的意义。
