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.
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.
Pemberton
Gisele
G
PROCEED, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ, USA.
Andía
Jonny
J
Robles
Rafaela
R
Collins
Charles
C
Colón-Cartagena
Nelson
N
Pérez Del Pilar
Omar
O
Vega
Teresa Soto
TS
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