Evaluating the impact of prevention and early intervention activities on the mental health of California's population / Katherine E. Watkins ... [et al.] ; sponsored by the California Mental Health Services Authority.

• Author: California Mental Health Services Authority.
• TeilnehmendeR: Watkins, Katherine E.; California Mental Health Services Authority.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This report describes development of a statewide framework for evaluating and monitoring the short- and long-term impact of prevention and early intervention funding for mental health services on the California population. It details the approach, the data sources, and the frameworks developed: an overall approach framework and outcome-specific frameworks.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; I. Background; II. Goals and Approach; III. Methods; Interviewing Key Stakeholders; Developing Frameworks; Identifying Databases; IV. Evaluation Frameworks; Overall Approach Framework; Figure 4.1 An Approach to Understanding the Impact of Statewide Prevention and Early Intervention Funding; Outcome-Specific Frameworks; Figure 4.2 Suicide-Prevention Framework; Figure 4.3 Reduced-Suffering Framework; V. Data Sources and Measures Specifications; VI. Analytic Approaches to Evaluating the Impact of PEI

Time-Trend Analysis of Observational Data (Before-and-After Design)Difference-in-Differences Design; Table 6.1 An Illustration of the Difference-in-Differences Design: Suicide Rates (%); Synthetic Control Method; Using Descriptive Statistics for Inference; VII. Conclusions; Usefulness of the Evaluation Framework; Applying the Framework to the Broader Evaluation of the Mental Health Services Act; Data Development; Other Important Evaluation Issues; Next Steps; A. Framework Logic Models; B. Database Descriptions; C. Measures Descriptions; D. Technical Approach

Technical Details of a Time-Trend Analysis of Pooled Cross-Sectional DataAnalytic Methods for Longitudinal or Pooled Cross-Sectional Observations with No Baseline; Technical Details of Synthetic Control Design; Limitations; References