Characterizing the Use of Research-Community Partnerships in Studies of Evidence-Based Interventions in Children’s Community Services

• Published in: Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 93 - 104
• Main Authors: Brookman-Frazee, Lauren, Stahmer, Aubyn, Stadnick, Nicole, Chlebowski, Colby, Herschell, Amy, Garland, Ann F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Agency Cooperation; Best Practices; Child; Child Health; Child, Preschool; Childhood; Children; Clinical Psychology; Coding; Collaboration; Communities; Community; Community Mental Health Services; Community Programs; Community Services; Community-Based Participatory Research; Community-Institutional Relations; Cooperative Behavior; Cooperative Planning; Delivery Systems; Evidence based; Evidence based research; Evidence-Based Practice; Health Administration; Health care; Health Informatics; Health services; Humans; Infant; Interpersonal Relationship; Intervention; Likert Scales; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Online Surveys; Original Article; Partnerships; Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US; Perceptions; Program Content; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Psychiatry; Public Health; Qualitative Research; Recruitment; Research Personnel; Research Projects; Researchers; Role; Science; Social Welfare; Stakeholders; Statistical Analysis; Tacit knowledge; Young Adult; New York; United States > US; Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; Community services; Children; Evidence-based practices; Community partnerships
• ISSN: 0894-587X; 1573-3289
• DOI: 10.1007/s10488-014-0622-9

This study characterized the use of research community partnerships (RCPs) to tailor evidence-based intervention, training, and implementation models for delivery across different childhood problems and service contexts using a survey completed by project principal investigators and community partners. To build on previous RCP research and to explicate the tacit knowledge gained through collaborative efforts, the following were examined: (1) characteristics of studies using RCP models; (2) RCP functioning, processes, and products; (3) processes of tailoring evidence-based practices for community implementation; and (4) perceptions of the benefits and challenges of collaborating with community providers and consumers. Results indicated that researchers were solely or jointly involved in the formation of almost all of the RCPs; interpersonal and operational processes were perceived as primary challenges; community partners’ roles included greater involvement in implementation and participant recruitment than more traditional research activities; and the partnership process was perceived to increase the relevance and “fit” of interventions and research.