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Workforce development and the organization of work: the science we need
Sonja K Schoenwald1, Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, Marc S Atkins
1Family Services Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. schoensk@musc.edu
Administration and Policy in Mental Health
|February 11, 2010
Summary
Industrializing healthcare can improve access to effective interventions for children and families. However, applying these models to children's mental health requires addressing workforce and systemic challenges to ensure equitable care.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Health Workforce Development
Background:
- The industrialization of healthcare offers models for improving access to cost-effective interventions.
- This approach has the potential to increase care value and generate efficiencies through functional workforce differentiation.
- However, these industrialization models have not yet been applied to children's mental health services.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the application of healthcare industrialization models to children's mental health services.
- To identify necessary policy, regulatory, fiscal, systemic, and organizational changes.
- To address critical knowledge gaps in workforce preparedness, work organization, and training strategies.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and synthesis of existing models in healthcare industrialization.
- Analysis of challenges within the mental health and substance abuse service sectors.
- Identification of key questions for a scientific agenda.
Main Results:
- Significant policy, regulatory, fiscal, systemic, and organizational changes are needed for effective implementation.
- Existing problems with the mental health workforce (availability, preparation, functioning, status) must be addressed.
- Critical knowledge gaps exist in workforce competencies, work organization, and training strategies.
Conclusions:
- Applying industrialization principles to children's mental health requires a multi-faceted approach.
- Addressing workforce issues is crucial for equitable access to effective interventions.
- A scientific agenda is needed to generate evidence-based answers for successful implementation.
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