An Implementation Science Conference to Improve Outcomes for Prison Populations

 描述(由申请者提供)：惩教健康学术和卫生政策会议(AHPCCH)是一个年度跨学科科学会议，面向卫生服务研究人员、政策制定者和临床医生，他们关注产生和传播经验证据，以支持刑事司法下的人口临床护理 监督。这次会议为联网、协作和传播提供了一个独特的机会。目前拟议的项目将通过完成两个执行科学项目来扩大会议的影响，以改善四个州惩教卫生系统中涉及司法的人口的护理结果。这些项目将侧重于：药物滥用评估和治疗，特别强调在社区重新进入期间的护理过渡；以及改善丙型肝炎感染者筛查和治疗的战略。实施科学轨道的具体目标是：1.在AHPCCH会议内设计和管理一个轨道，重点是实施科学及其传播，使用突破性的合作方法，以解决刑事司法保健方案的迫切需求：物质使用障碍和丙型肝炎感染；2.利用四个为监狱人口提供服务的州立医疗系统，改进对药物使用障碍的循证治疗和丙型肝炎的筛查/治疗，特别强调向以社区为基础的护理环境的护理过渡；3.评估和传播循证做法的实施，特别强调实施的四个阶段：探索、准备、实施和维持对公共部门系统的影响的内部和外部环境、保持对循证政策的忠诚度的创新适应以及可能需要全系统政策改变的持久障碍。方法：每年发布一次论文征集，用于提交演示文稿和科学海报。每一次会议将包括一次主旨演讲和一次全体演讲，然后是专题分组会议，以供同行审查后接受的演讲和海报。实施科学轨道将与会议结合起来，对两个项目的每个项目都采用突破性的协作方法。将采用定量和定性评价方法来评估执行进展情况。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health (AHPCCH) is an annual interdisciplinary scientific meeting for health services researchers, policy makers and clinicians concerned with the generation and dissemination of empirical evidence to support clinical care for populations under criminal justice supervision. This conference provides a unique opportunity for networking, collaboration and dissemination. The current proposed project will expand the impact of the conference by completing two implementation science projects toward improving care outcomes for justice-involved populations in four state correctional health systems. These projects will focus on: substance abuse evaluation and treatment, with particular emphasis on care transitions during community re-entry; and strategies to improve screening and treatment for individuals infected with hepatitis C. Specific Aims for the Implementation Science Track are to: 1. Design and administer a track within the AHPCCH conference focused on implementation science and its dissemination using the breakthrough collaborative methodology to address pressing needs in criminal justice health care programs: substance use disorders and HCV infections; 2. Engage four state medical systems that serve prison populations to improve adoption of evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders and screening/treatment of hepatitis C, with particular emphasis on the care transition to community-based care settings; and 3. Evaluate and disseminate evidence-based practice implementation with particular emphasis on four phases of implementation: exploration, preparation, implementation, and sustainment within the inner and outer contexts of influence on public sector systems, innovative adaptations which maintain fidelity to EBPs and persistent barriers that may require system-wide policy changes. Methods: A call for papers is issued annually for submission of presentations and scientific posters. Each conference will include a keynote and a plenary presentation and be followed by themed breakout sessions for presentations and posters accepted following peer review. The implementation science track will be integrated with the conference, using a breakthrough collaborative methodology for each of the two projects. Both quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods will be employed to assess implementation progress.