Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University, 940 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Department of Sociology, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, USA.
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2023 Jul;50(4):644-657. doi: 10.1007/s10488-023-01267-w. Epub 2023 May 10.
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is a long-standing and innovative employment service for individuals with mental illness with dozens of clinical trials demonstrating effectiveness. Little is known, however, about intentional adaptations to IPS, especially those outside of the context of research studies. Using an implementation science framework, we conducted an exploratory study to better understand the characteristics of stakeholder-reported adaptions to IPS, the impetus for their development, and perceived impacts. We conducted qualitative interviews to analyze and describe these adaptations. Numerous adaptations of IPS were found that address the needs of new and underserved populations both within and outside of the mental health field. Programs reported adapting IPS because of the dearth of other evidence-based employment services, to serve diverse populations in need, and based on financial incentives. Benefits of adaptations were weighed against impacts on fidelity. As evidence-based practices (EBPs) are adapted, developers of EBPs should determine how fidelity of a program or service can be assessed or preserved in light of adaptations. This is critical with the increase in different service delivery methods, new populations, new service recipient needs, and new settings in need of EBPs.
个体安置与支持(IPS)是一种针对精神疾病患者的长期且创新的就业服务,有数十项临床试验证明了其有效性。然而,人们对 IPS 的有意调整知之甚少,尤其是在研究环境之外的调整。本研究使用实施科学框架,通过开展探索性研究,更好地了解利益相关者报告的 IPS 调整的特征、其发展的动力以及感知到的影响。我们通过定性访谈来分析和描述这些调整。我们发现了许多 IPS 的调整,旨在满足精神卫生领域内外新的和服务不足的人群的需求。各项目报告称,之所以调整 IPS,是因为缺乏其他循证就业服务,需要为不同需求的人群提供服务,并受经济激励的驱动。调整的好处与对保真度的影响进行权衡。随着循证实践(EBP)的调整,EBP 的开发者应确定如何根据调整来评估或维护一个项目或服务的保真度。这在不同的服务提供方式、新的人群、新的服务接受者需求以及需要 EBP 的新环境不断增加的情况下至关重要。