Community-Based Effectiveness Trials as a Means to Disseminate Evidence-Based and Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Interventions.
This article adds to the existing knowledge about innovative community-based approaches used to reduce and eliminate behavioral health disparities. Special attention is given to culturally appropriate interventions that increase access to care and that improve the quality of behavioral health services across different geographic regions and communities. Effectiveness trials are presented as appropriate tools to translate existing efficacious interventions into real-world settings. This article describes how to transition from efficacy to effectiveness, including factors essential to consider from the perspectives of university-based research teams and community-based organizations (CBOs). A case study illustrates how a university-CBO partnership mastered the complexities of transitioning an efficacious family intervention to a community setting while nurturing a new partnership. Included are implications of the study related to social work education and social work practice. Lessons learned about critical components of the community-based research collaboration and recommendations for future research are provided.
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 720 MC 4320, Phoenix, AZ 03004. Center for International Translational Intervention Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Flavio F
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Marsiglia
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 720 MC 4320, Phoenix, AZ 03004. Center for International Translational Intervention Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Patricia
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Dustman
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 720 MC 4320, Phoenix, AZ 03004. Center for International Translational Intervention Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Mary
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Harthun
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 720 MC 4320, Phoenix, AZ 03004. Center for International Translational Intervention Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Chelsea
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Coyne Ritland
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 720 MC 4320, Phoenix, AZ 03004. Center for International Translational Intervention Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Adriana
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Umaña-Taylor
D054521:Cultural Competency; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services
community-based organizations; curriculum; effectiveness; implementation; partnerships