Conducting research with community agencies: meeting recruitment and collaboration challenges.
Family therapy outcome research with community agencies has been challenging for various reasons. In two recent research projects, it was found that providing active feedback to agencies about their clinical services via a clinical report and a research-agency liaison were successful strategies to develop a collaborative atmosphere with agencies. Specifically, the two strategies improved agency and therapist recruitment, client and therapist motivation, and reduced therapist and client attrition.
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Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, 1269 Fowler House, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1269, USA. thomasv@purdue.edu
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008388:Marital Therapy; D009042:Motivation; D018579:Patient Selection; D012106:Research; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities