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Propositional If-Then Statements in the Qualitative Analysis of Implementation Fidelity
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| Oliver Tom Massey, University of South Florida, massey@usf.edu
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| Nicole Deschenes, University of South Florida, ndeschenes@usf.edu
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| Kathleen Ferreira, University of South Florida, ferreira@usf.edu
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In the last decade behavioral health researchers and practitioners have come to recognize the critical importance of the use of service interventions that have established evidence of their efficacy. To be effective, these evidence based practices (EBPs) must be implemented in service settings in ways that maintain the integrity of the principles, procedures, and standards under which they were developed. The assessment of implementation fidelity thus becomes a critical element in ensuring that programs will work. The current study describes the use of propositional if-then tests to determine the degree to which fidelity to the program model is expressed in qualitative interviews and focus groups. Key program informants include administrators, staff, and service consumers in the seven national Healthy Transitions Initiative programs (HTI) that serve youth and young adults as they transition from the children's mental health service system to adulthood.
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Critical Review of Evidence-Based Program Registers for Behavioral Health Treatment
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| Stephen Magura, Western Michigan University, stephen.magura@wmich.edu
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| Daniela Schroeter, Western Michigan University, daniela.schroeter@wmich.edu
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| Chris Coryn, Western Michigan University, chris.coryn@wmich.edu
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The continuing search for 'what works' is very important in addiction and mental health treatment. Evidence-based programs registers (EBPRs) are being created to aid in decisions about treatment adoption. There are more than 40 such web-based registers, which promote interventions as 'evidence-based,''effective,' 'best practices,' or 'promising practices.' Familiar examples are the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices, the CDC's Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions website and the Cochrane Reviews. Unfortunately, the proliferation of EBPRs has been accompanied by often dramatically different purposes, criteria for inclusion, definitions of acceptable 'evidence,' and standards for designating interventions as 'effective.' The presentation will describe the plan for an upcoming critical review of EBPRs expected to be funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This will investigate the similarities and differences among EBPRs and determine the practical consequences of using different types and standards of evidence for certifying given treatments as 'effective.'
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Using a Deliberative Democratic Evaluation Tool to Evaluate, Educate, and Prevent Border Violence: Contextually Rich Service to Science Study
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| Terrence Tutchings, O Z White Associates LLC, ttutchings@gmail.com
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| Sandra Eames, Austin Community College, seames@austin.rr.com
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| Martin Arocena, O Z White Associates LLC, martin.arocena@gmail.com
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Narco-terrorism, Hurricanes Ike, Dolly and Alex, and relentless media attention to immigration issues form the backdrop for a process evaluation and feasibility assessment of the Border Violence Prevention Task Force community mobilization efforts in 2010. With funding provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services the Task Force developed seven focused curriculum modules based on the needs of community members, promotoras, and other service providers to identify and implement evidence-based responses to violence and natural disasters in the Mexico-U.S. border region. This paper presents the need for the curriculum modules, the development of evidence-based content from the fields of criminology, education, substance abuse, mental health and disaster preparation, results from participant feedback testing feasibility of the approach, and where the project now stands as a Service-to-Science candidate. Stufflebeam's CIPP Model (2000) and House and Howe's (2000) Deliberative Democratic Evaluation Checklist provided the framework for the evaluation and feasibility assessment.
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