ArticleJournal of behavioral and cognitive therapy2020
Assessing health worker competence to deliver a brief psychological treatment for depression: development and validation of a scalable measure.
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- Task-sharing and telemedicine delivery of psychotherapy to treat perinatal depression: a pragmatic, noninferiority randomized trial.Nature medicine · 2025Trial
- Digital Training for Non-Specialist Health Workers to Deliver a Brief Psychological Treatment for Depression in Primary Care in India: Findings from a Randomized Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Acceptability of a digital program for training community health workers in the early detection and referral of schizophrenia in rural India: A mixed-methods pilot study.SSM. Mental health · 2026Article
- Scaling Up Task-Shared Depression Care in Texas: Evaluating the Preliminary Effectiveness and Acceptability of a Digital Program for Training Non-Specialist Providers.Psychiatric research and clinical practice · 2026Article
- ESSENCE: An Implementation Research Program to Scale Up Depression Care in Rural Communities.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Knowledge of Problem Solving (KOPS) Scale: Design and Evaluation of a Digitally Administered Competence Measure for a Common Practice Element in Task-Shared Youth Mental Health Interventions.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2024Article
- Adapting and deploying a digital program for training non-specialist providers on a brief psychological intervention for depression in rural Gujarat, India.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Adaptation and translation of a scalable measure for assessing health worker competence to deliver a brief psychological intervention: A case study from central India of its comparison to a performance-based measure.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2023Article
- Applying Human-Centered Design in Global Mental Health to Improve Reach Among Underserved Populations in the United States and India.Global health, science and practice · 2023Article
- Schizophrenia Assessment, Referral and Awareness Training for Health Auxiliaries (SARATHA): Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study in Rural India.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- ENhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic factors (ENACT) tool: adaptation and psychometric properties in South Africa.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2022Article
- EMPOWER: Toward the Global Dissemination of Psychosocial Interventions.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Increased interest in disseminating and implementing psychological treatments has focused on the need for evidence-based training programs for providers, especially those without specialized training. To evaluate provider-training programs, validated outcome measures are necessary; however, the scalable measurement of training outcomes has been largely overlooked. Current methods of assessing providers' ability to deliver psychological treatments are generally time-consuming and costly, representing a major bottleneck in scaling up mental health care for commonly occurring disorders such as depression. The present study describes the development and initial validation of a scalable measure for assessing provider competence in delivering a brief behavioral activation treatment for depression, called the Healthy Activity Program, adapted for primary care settings. The measure focuses on testing knowledge about the treatment and applied knowledge regarding how to skillfully deliver the treatment, both essential features of competence. The measure was tested on a sample of 531 respondents with a variety of educational levels and professional backgrounds and found to meet the requirements of the Rasch model. Three versions of the measure each of equal difficulty were derived to allow repeat testing of training outcomes over time. A scalable measure of provider competence is an essential first step towards supporting the wider dissemination and implementation of brief psychological interventions for depression, especially in low-resource settings.
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