title: From research to community-based practice--working with Latino researchers to translate and diffuse a culturally relevant evidence-based intervention: the Modelo de Intervención Psicomédica (MIP) experience.
abstract: Efforts to translate, package, and diffuse HIV/AIDS research into practice have gained momentum with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) launch of three projects: the Prevention Research Synthesis Project, which identifies evidence-based interventions studies; the Replicating Effective Programs Project, which supports the translation of evidence-based interventions into materials suitable for use in local prevention programs; and the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions Project, which moves behavioral interventions into full-scale practice across the United States. This article describes the CDC's fast-track process of translation, packaging, and diffusion of an HIV intervention for Hispanic/Latino injection drug users, the Modelo de Intervención Psicomédica conducted by the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions Project in collaboration with a CBA organization and the original researchers.
authors.affiliation: PROCEED, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Gisele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pemberton
authors.forename: Jonny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andía
authors.forename: Rafaela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Colón-Cartagena
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pérez Del Pilar
authors.forename: Teresa Soto
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Vega
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003469:Culture; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D055030:Drug Users; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D012108:Research Personnel; D014481:United States