Evidence Based Practice
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to test the impact of an empirically derived implementation strategy-under real-world conditions and across multiple child service systems-on successful adoption and sustainment of two evidence-based programs that address adolescent substance abuse: Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO; formerly Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care) and Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT), both developed with funding from NIDA. Methods for this study utilize technology-based approaches for implementing large-scale change. Leveraging previous data focused on developing and testing the 8-staged Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC) tool, a randomized evaluation of a SIC Coaching Strategy (SIC-CS) is proposed. Study activities include extending the SIC into the Sustainment Phase and testing the SIC-CS to support the adoption of new evidence-based programs.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSIC Coaching
Sites receiving consultation to implement either TFCO or MDFT will also receive consultation on their implementation fidelity as measured and tracked by the SIC.
Sponsors
Oregon Social Learning Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Senior leadership staff from teams that either currently are sustaining or who achieve 1-year sustainment post certification during the first year of the project
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC) | Baseline through month 60 | The SIC is an 8-stage observational assessment tool recording organizational site completion of implementation activities that map onto the three phases of implementation (Pre-Implementation, Implementation, Sustainability). |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed