title: Partnerships for the design, conduct, and analysis of effectiveness, and implementation research: experiences of the prevention science and methodology group.
abstract: What progress prevention research has made comes through strategic partnerships with communities and institutions that host this research, as well as professional and practice networks that facilitate the diffusion of knowledge about prevention. We discuss partnership issues related to the design, analysis, and implementation of prevention research and especially how rigorous designs, including random assignment, get resolved through a partnership between community stakeholders, institutions, and researchers. These partnerships shape not only study design, but they determine the data that can be collected and how results and new methods are disseminated. We also examine a second type of partnership to improve the implementation of effective prevention programs into practice. We draw on social networks to studying partnership formation and function. The experience of the Prevention Science and Methodology Group, which itself is a networked partnership between scientists and methodologists, is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA. chbrown@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: C Hendricks
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Sheppard G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kellam
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaupert
authors.forename: Bengt O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Muthén
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Linda K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Muthén
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: Craig L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: PoVey
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cady
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: Mitsunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogihara
authors.forename: Guillermo J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.forename: Hilda M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pantin
authors.forename: Carlos G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szapocznik
authors.forename: Sara J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Czaja
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McManus
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009938:Organizations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel; D014481:United States