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Sharon Hodges, Ph.D., MBA

Biography:

Sharon Hodges, Ph.D., M.B.A. is an applied organizational anthropologist and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of South Florida. She currently serves as Principal Investigator for a study of Case Studies of System Implementation, a five-year investigation of system of care implementation that is part of the Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. Dr. Hodges also serves as Principal Investigator for the Sustainable Infrastructure Project, an investigation of how communities can capitalize on the assets of their locally developed programs while maintaining their commitment to evidence-based best practice. In addition, she is Co-PI, with Mario Hernandez of the Logic Model Evaluation Project of the National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program.

Dr. Hodges has been involved in research and technical assistance on system accountability and local policy implementation as well as on how organizational culture affects the utilization of outcome information. In addition, she directed a study of collaboration in child-serving systems for the federal Center for Mental Health Services’ Promising Practices Initiative. Her experience also includes consulting with private sector companies in establishing and expanding their organizations, developing strategic business plans, and securing financing.

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News:

CFS Faculty Among Authors for Special Issue of the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

New Issue Briefs Feature Lessons Learned from Established Systems of Care

CFS's Mario Hernandez and Sharon Hodges Contribute to Special Issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology

New from Oxford University Press!

CFS Faculty Present at National System of Care Community Meeting in Portland

Key Publications On-Line:

Ferreira, K., Hodges, S., Kukla-Acevedo, S., & Mazza, J. (2008). System implementation issue brief #5—What works: System development strategies across communities. Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Newman, C., Liberton, C., Kutash, K., & Friedman, R. (Eds.) (2008).Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies, The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Hodges, S., Ferreira, K., Mazza, J., Vaughn, B., Van Dyke, M., Mowery, D., Hernandez, M., Briscoe, R., & Blase, K. (2007, Nov. 30). Phase I report (Developing sustainable infrastructure in support of quality field?based practice series, FMHI # 248?2). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies.

Hodges, S., Ferreira, K., Israel, N., & Mazza, J. (2007). Strategies for system of care development: Locally identified factors for system implementation. [Supplement to issue brief #2-Lessons from successful systems: Critical factors in system of care implementation]. Tampa:
University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

Hodges, S., Israel, N., Ferreira, K., & Mazza, J. (2007). System implementation issue brief #2—Critical Factors in System of Care Implementation. Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Ferreira, K., Hodges, S., Israel, N., & Mazza, J. (2007). System implementation issue brief #3—Lessons from successful systems: Leadership qualities in successful systems of care. Tampa:
University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Israel, N., Hodges, S., Ferreira, K., & Mazza, J. (2007). System implementation issue brief #4—Lessons from successful systems: Evidence-based practices and systems of care: Implementation matters. Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. This overview was prepared by Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health investigators Nathaniel Israel, Sharon Hodges, Kathleen Ferreira, & Jessica Mazza.

Hodges, S., Ferreira, K., Israel, N., & Mazza, J. (2007). System implementation issue brief #1—Lessons from successful systems: System of care definition. Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Hernandez, M. & Hodges, S. (2006) Applying a theory of change approach to interagency planning in child mental health. American Journal of Community Psychology, 38(3) 165-173

Hodges, S., Ferreira, K., Israel, N., & Mazza, J. (2006). Strategies for system of care development: Making change in complex systems. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies, The Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

Hodges, S. (2006). Case studies of system implementation. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R.M. Friedman (Ed.), The 18th Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 11-15). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

Hodges, S. (2006). Community-based theories of change: Study background and design. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 18th Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 303-304). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

Hodges, S., Pinto, A., Hernandez, M., & Uzzell, C. (2006). The use of qualitative methods in systems of care research. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash & R. Friedman (Eds.) The 18th Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 395-400). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. (2005). The System Accountability Project Publications. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Department, Department of Child and Family Studies.

Friedman, R.M., Best, K., Armstrong, M., Duchnowski, A., Evans, M., Hernandez, M., Hodges, S., & Kutash, K. (2004). Child mental health policy. In B.L. Levin, J. Petrila, & K. Hennessey (Eds.), Mental health services: A public health perspective, 2nd ed. (pp. 129-156). New York: Oxford University Press.

Hernandez, M., & Hodges, S. (2003). Building upon theory of change for systems of care. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 11(1), 19-26.

Hodges, S., Hernandez, M., & Nesman, T. A. (2003) Developmental framework for collaboration in child-serving agencies. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 12(3), 291-305.

Hernandez, M. & Hodges, S. (2003). Crafting logic models for systems of care: Ideas into action. [Making children’s mental health services successful series, volume 1]. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child & Family Studies.

Hodges, S., Hernandez, M., Nesman, T., & Lipien, L. (2002). Creating change and keeping it real: How excellent child-serving organizations carry out their goals. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies, The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Hernandez, M., Hodges, S., & Cascardi, M. (1998). The ecology of outcomes: System accountability in children’s mental health. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 25(2), 136-150.

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