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The long road from policy to practice
Patricia B Nemec1, Michelle G Mullen2
1Nemec Consulting.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
|June 16, 2017
Summary
Effective workforce development is crucial for implementing evolving behavioral health care policies. Insufficient funding and guidance hinder the success of these essential initiatives, impacting direct service practices.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Health Care Policy
- Workforce Development
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Background:
- Behavioral health care policies are evolving, necessitating changes in direct service practices.
- Workforce development initiatives are essential for implementing these policy changes but often face challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight considerations for policy-focused training.
- To address training issues relevant to recent policy initiatives.
- To outline components of effective workforce development.
Main Methods:
- Review of personal experiences of the authors.
- Analysis of available literature on education, training, and workforce development.
- Examination of select references on policy initiatives in psychiatric rehabilitation and behavioral health care.
Main Results:
- Workforce development initiatives are critical yet frequently overlooked or underfunded.
- Ineffective implementation of workforce development can impede policy goals.
- Policy initiatives require adequate funding and evidence-based guidance for success.
Conclusions:
- Policy initiatives must integrate necessary funding and guidance for evidence-based workforce development.
- Without proper support, workforce development initiatives will not achieve their full potential.
- Effective workforce development is key to realizing the promise of evolving behavioral health care policies.
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