Name of Project: Readiness for Implementation
of Research to Practice
Principal Investigator: Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D
Project Director: Cheryl Teruya, Ph. D.
Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Addiction
(NIDA)
Funding Period: December 2002-November 2004
Scope of Project: This observational study will
augment the patient process and outcome data collected under the
California Treatment Outcome Project (CalTOP) by conducting program
and workforce surveys and focus groups among community-based treatment
programs (CTPs) that are currently participating in CalTOP to
improve our understanding of organizational and staff readiness
for adopting and implementing research-based treatment interventions,
especially those tested by NIDA's Clinical Trials Network (CTN).
Readiness for change and other organizational and staff factors
related to patient outcomes will be explored through analyses
of these new data and the comprehensive patient data already collected.
Specific aims of the project are to: (1) assess organizational
and managerial characteristics related to readiness to adopt and
implement research-based interventions among non-CTN CTPs in California;
(2) assess workforce characteristics related to readiness to adopt
and implement research-based interventions among non-CTN CTPs
in California; (3) assess patient outcomes (treatment retention,
completion, post-treatment outcomes) in relation to organizational
and workforce readiness for adopting and implementing research-based
interventions; and (4) develop preliminary recommendations for
(a) organizational adaptations and clinical practices that facilitate
the incorporation of research-based interventions, (b) addressing
workforce needs to increase the readiness for implementing research-based
interventions, and (c) policies to encourage adoption of research-based
treatment in mainstream CTPs by means of appropriate funding,
provision of required resources, and technical guidance.
For more information, contact Yih-Ing
Hser.
Last updated - 08/07/2003
Last reviewed 08/4/2003