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Table 1 Percentage of study participants identifying specific adoption barriers and facilitators

From: Adoption of innovative and evidence-based practices for children and adolescents in state-supported mental health clinics: a qualitative study

Barriers

Percent

Facilitators

Percent

Costs

86.7

Benefits or limited costs

24.0

 Time for training

54.4

Available time

19.4

 Training expenses

47.1

Evidence of positive outcomes

14.9

 Impact on organisation

23.5

EBP flexibility

7.4

 No evidence of outcomes

8.8

Little impact on organisation

6.0

 Staff turnover

5.9

Free/low costs

6.0

 EBP requirements

4.4

  

Barriers

 

Facilitators

 

Capacity

55.9

Available capacity

82.3

 Lack of trained staff

19.1

Training access

44.7

 Organisational resources

17.6

Financial support and incentives

40.3

 Environmental constraints

13.2

Available trained staff

38.8

 Financial reimbursement

8.8

Support from leadership

16.4

 Training access

7.4

Organisational resources

14.7

 Lack of technical support

2.9

Regulatory mandate

11.9

 Lack of leadership support

1.5

Supervision/consultation

11.9

  

Presence of a champion

4.5

  

More information

3.0

  

Interagency network

1.5

Acceptability

52.9

Acceptability

41.2

 Staff fit and buy-in

32.4

Staff motivation to change

14.9

 Client fit and buy-in

23.5

Organisational fit and leadership support

29.8

 Organisational fit and leadership support

14.7

Client need

14.9

  

Other agencies implementing

1.5