TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing Quality Standards and Performance Measures for Residential Group Care
T2 - Translating Theory to Practice
AU - Boel-Studt, Shamra
AU - Huefner, Jonathan C.
AU - Bender, Kenneth
AU - Huang, Hui
AU - Abell, Neil
N1 - Funding Information:
Portions of the project were funded by the Florida Institute for Child Welfare (grant number 036331).
PY - 2019/10/2
Y1 - 2019/10/2
N2 - With the increased emphasis on accountability at the federal and state levels, efforts to identify and address issues impacting the quality and effectiveness of residential care programs are needed. Establishing quality practice standards with measurable performance indicators is a useful means for promoting and evaluating the quality of care in residential programs and informing a process of continuous quality improvement. In this article, we describe a state-wide initiative to enhance the quality of residential group care in Florida. Specifically, we describe efforts to establish a set of quality standards for residential programs and to operationalize the standards by developing and piloting an assessment designed to measure the extent to which group home practices align with the standards. In addition to describing steps taken, we highlight important conceptual and practical considerations for translating standards generated from extant research, best practices, and field experts into clearly defined domains and measurable standards that can be meaningfully transported into a complex practice setting. Finally, we discuss lessons learned and recommendations that may guide similar efforts beyond the state of Florida.
AB - With the increased emphasis on accountability at the federal and state levels, efforts to identify and address issues impacting the quality and effectiveness of residential care programs are needed. Establishing quality practice standards with measurable performance indicators is a useful means for promoting and evaluating the quality of care in residential programs and informing a process of continuous quality improvement. In this article, we describe a state-wide initiative to enhance the quality of residential group care in Florida. Specifically, we describe efforts to establish a set of quality standards for residential programs and to operationalize the standards by developing and piloting an assessment designed to measure the extent to which group home practices align with the standards. In addition to describing steps taken, we highlight important conceptual and practical considerations for translating standards generated from extant research, best practices, and field experts into clearly defined domains and measurable standards that can be meaningfully transported into a complex practice setting. Finally, we discuss lessons learned and recommendations that may guide similar efforts beyond the state of Florida.
KW - content validity
KW - feasibility
KW - internal reliability
KW - quality standards
KW - quality standards assessment
KW - residential group home
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U2 - 10.1080/0886571X.2018.1536494
DO - 10.1080/0886571X.2018.1536494
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055502493
SN - 0886-571X
VL - 36
SP - 260
EP - 281
JO - Residential Treatment for Children and Youth
JF - Residential Treatment for Children and Youth
IS - 4
ER -