title: Toward dissemination of evidence-based family interventions: maintenance of community-based partnership recruitment results and associated factors.
abstract: A major challenge in the dissemination of evidence-based family interventions (EBFIs) designed to reduce youth substance use and other problem behaviors is effective and sustainable community-based recruitment. This understudied topic is addressed by a preliminary study of 14 community-university partnership teams randomly assigned to an intervention condition in which teams attempted sustained implementation of EBFIs with two cohorts of middle school families. This report describes attendance rates of recruited families maintained over time and across both cohorts, along with exploratory analyses of factors associated with those rates. When compared with community-based recruitment rates in the literature, particularly for multisession interventions, relatively high rates were observed; they averaged 17% across cohorts. Community team functioning (e.g., production of quality team promotional materials) and technical assistance (TA) variables (e.g., effective collaboration with TA, frequency of TA requests) were associated with higher recruitment rates, even after controlling for community and school district contextual influences. Results support the community-university partnership model for recruitment that was implemented in the study.
authors.affiliation: Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA. rlspoth@iastate.edu
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spoth
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clair
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Cleve
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Redmond
authors.forename: Chungyeol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007484:Iowa; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018579:Patient Selection; D010414:Pennsylvania; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012574:Schools; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014495:Universities