Moving from science to service: transposing and sustaining the Early Risers prevention program in a community service system.
This paper summarizes an effort to transpose and sustain the evidence-based Early Risers "Skills for Success" conduct problems prevention program in a real world community service system. The Early Risers program had previously been implemented by a local agency within the context of research-based operations. In the current initiative, responsibility for funding and operating the program was transferred from program developers to a local community agency and county service system. There is a description of how the local community partnership adopted the program and real world program evaluation data pertaining to costs and implementation of the program over 2 years (N = 168 children) is presented. It is demonstrated that the local community system provided ongoing funding and that the agency implemented the program with acceptable exposure and participation. Editors' Strategic Implications: The authors carefully assess multiple elements of fidelity and share important lessons regarding community-based implementation, obstacles, and collaboration. The article should be of interest to anyone considering a replication of the evidence-based Early Risers program and also to a broader audience of researchers and practitioners involved in translational research.
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Michael L
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, F256/2B West, 2540 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA. bloom008@umn.edu
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Gerald J
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Horowitz
Jason L
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Lee
Susanne S
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Jensen
Cheryl
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation