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Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS)

Qualitative/Quantitative:
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  • Quantitative

Type of Instrument:
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  • Survey

Number of Items:
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12

Subscale Information:
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Proactive (3)
Knowledgable (3)
Supportive (3)
Perserverant (3)

Language Availability:
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  • English

Brief Description:
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The ILS is a brief 12-item measure assessing leader’s support for evidence-based practice implementation. The ILS can be used for leader and organizational development to improve evidence-based practice implementation.

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Citing Literature - Development/Original:
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Aarons, G. A., Ehrhart, M. G., & Farahnak, L. R. (2014). The Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS): development of a brief measure of unit level implementation leadership. Implementation science : IS, 9(1), 45. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-9-45. PMID: 24731295 PMCID: PMC4022333.

Citing Literature - Empirical Use/Application:
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Powell, B. J., Mandell, D. S., Hadley, T. R., Rubin, R. M., Evans, A. C., Hurford, M. O., & Beidas, R. S. (2017). Are general and strategic measures of organizational context and leadership associated with knowledge and attitudes toward evidence-based practices in public behavioral health settings? A cross-sectional observational study. Implementation science : IS, 12(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0593-9. PMID: 28499401 PMCID: PMC5429548.

Torres, E. M., Ehrhart, M. G., Beidas, R. S., Farahnak, L. R., Finn, N. K., & Aarons, G. A. (2018). Validation of the Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) with Supervisors' Self-Ratings. Community mental health journal, 54(1), 49–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0114-y. PMID: 28181092 PMCID: PMC6778485.

Williams, N. J., Ehrhart, M. G., Aarons, G. A., Esp, S., Sklar, M., Carandang, K., Vega, N. R., Brookman-Frazee, L., & Marcus, S. C. (2024). Improving measurement-based care implementation in youth mental health through organizational leadership and climate: a mechanistic analysis within a randomized trial. Implementation science : IS, 19(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01356-w. PMID: 38549122 PMCID: PMC10976812.

Version:
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Originial, 2014

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  • Intended Focus

      Levels of Data Collection:
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      • Organizational

      Intended Priority Population:
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      • Leaders and Staff

      Intended Priority Setting:
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      • Workplace
      • organization

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  • Psychometric Properties

      Scoring:
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      Reliability:
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      • Internal Consistency

      Factor Analysis:
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      Yes
  • Pragmatic Properties

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      Cost:
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      Free

      Literacy:
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      Yes

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      Resources Required to Administer:
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      None/Low

      User Guidance:
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      • Guidance to Interpret

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