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Applying a Theory of Change Approach to Interagency Planning in Child Mental Health

Hernandez, Mario, Hodges, Sharon·2006·American Journal of Community Psychology
DOI 10.1007/s10464-006-9079-7
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This paper describes the use of a theory of change approach to community‐based cross‐agency service planning for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families. Public agency planners in Contra Costa County, California used the theory of change approach to organize service planning for a population of youth who had been arrested and involved with juvenile probation. The theory of change process described in this paper links community outcomes with planned activities with the assumptions or principles that underlie the community planning efforts. When complete, a theory of change logic model can serve as a guide for implementation, ensuring that community plans for service delivery remain true to their intent. The theory of change development process includes twelve stages and is based on a step‐by‐step approach. Theory of change logic models establish a context for articulating a community's shared beliefs and prompt local stakeholders to establish logical connections between the population to be served, expected results, and strategies intended to achieve those results.

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  • Only two papers explicitly described the use of ToC to identify indicators for ongoing monitoring of the implementation of the intervention.

    “Only two papers [12, 82] explicitly described the use of ToC to identify indicators for ongoing monitoring of the implementation of the intervention.”

    From Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review (2015) · cites this paper as [12]

  • The majority of papers describing use of ToC in intervention development reported using the ToC as a framework for the intervention or as a basis for a strategic plan.

    “The majority of these reported that they used the ToC as a framework for the intervention [12, 31, 42, 43, 70] or as a basis for a strategic plan [61, 68, 69, 76, 82].”

    From Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review (2015) · cites this paper as [12]

  • A few presentations and papers reporting development of systems of care for children with behavioural difficulties used the ToC as an outline of their public health intervention and as a basis for their strategic plan.

    “A few presentations and papers reporting the development of systems of care for children with behavioural difficulties used the ToC as an outline of their public health intervention and as a basis for their strategic plan [12, 61, 65].”

    From Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review (2015) · cites this paper as [12]

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Authors
Hernandez, M., & Hodges, S.
Affiliations
University of South Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Hernandez, Mario
Venue
American Journal of Community Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-09-26
Volume
38
Issue
3-4
Pages
183-190
ISSN
  • 0091-0562 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2770
DOI
10.1007/s10464-006-9079-7
OpenAlex
W2057505574
Cited by
42
References
15
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
1.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • American Journal of Community Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Public Health Service (280-99-8023)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Community Health and Development
Keywords
theory of change, interagency planning, child mental health, serious emotional disturbance, logic model, juvenile justice involvement, juvenile probation, family, stakeholder engagement, Contra Costa County
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Child, Child Health Services, Health Planning, Humans, Interinstitutional Relations, Mental Health Services, Psychological Theory, Social Change, United States, Adolescent Health Services

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