Examining Implementation and Sustainability of Positive Behavior Support in Child Care Centers.

Background: This study was the first attempt to investigate the status of implementation and sustainability of early childhood positive behavior support (PBS) via the lens of implementation science for community-based child care centers in a Midwest state of the United States. Objective: Obtain stat...

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Publicado en:Child & Youth Care Forum Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 267 - 291
Autores principales: Ai, Jun, Horn, Eva M., Bigelow, Kathryn M.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2022
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          Horn, Eva M.
          Bigelow, Kathryn M.
        affil: Juniper Gardens Children's Project, University of Kansas, 444 Minnesota Avenue, Suite 300, 66101-2914, Kansas City, KS, US
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          Program Implementation
          Implementation Science
          Data Collection Methods
          Health Behavior
          Child Care
          Early Childhood Intervention
          Support, Psychosocial
          Human
          Child Health
          Descriptive Statistics
          Professional Development
          Analysis of Variance
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      ab: Background: This study was the first attempt to investigate the status of implementation and sustainability of early childhood positive behavior support (PBS) via the lens of implementation science for community-based child care centers in a Midwest state of the United States. Objective: Obtain state-level data and gain insights on PBS implementation and sustainability in target child care centers. Method: Through a total population sampling method, we recruited administrators (N = 94, 12% of the full population) of target child care centers to participate in a survey. Results: The results suggested that the majority of the responding centers (59.57%) had not received PBS professional development (PD) indicating PBS PD opportunities had not been disseminated in the majority of community-based child care centers in the target state. Nearly half of the programs were not implementing PBS practices after they received PBS PD, which raised questions about continuous use of PBS and the return on investment of PBS PD efforts. The results of ANOVA found that the scope of PBS training significantly affected the level of PBS implementation; the type of training significantly affected the level of PBS sustainability. Simple linear regression revealed programs that had a higher level of PBS implementation also had a higher level of PBS sustainability. Conclusions: Using implementation science theories and tools, we developed two preliminary measures to obtain meaningful information about early childhood PBS implementation and sustainability in community-based child care centers. Understanding the factors associated with implementation can provide insights for the improvement of PD programs when disseminating the use of evidence-based PBS practices.
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