Reliable Effectiveness: A Theory on Sustaining and Replicating Worthwhile Innovations

Author: Racine, David

Source: Administration and Policy in Mental Health, Volume 33, Number 3, May 2006 , pp. 356-387(32)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

While many health and human service innovations are sustained and replicated, it has been a puzzle how to sustain and replicate the performance of the better ones. What knowledge, skills, and conditions are required to reproduce across space and time the effectiveness of those innovations that are the most worthwhile? An extensive body of literature and experience is reviewed to suggest a comprehensive conceptual framework of programmatic, organizational, and environmental factors that may shape the circumstances for sustaining and replicating effectiveness.

Keywords: Sustainability; Replication; Reliability; Innovation; Diffusion; Implementation; Effectiveness

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-006-0047-1

Affiliations: 1: Email: davidpaulracine@aol.com

Publication date: 2006-05-01