Web-based training on Core Skills for Evidence-based Prevention Practice

说明(由申请人提供)：拟议的循证预防实践核心技能网上培训项目解决了当前技术中一个重要但很少被讨论的弱点，即将以研究为基础的研究成果转化为药物滥用预防和相关领域的实践。人们普遍认为，重要的是通过开发有效的方法，在实际政策、战略和方案活动中利用有效实践的研究成果，实现我们的预防研究投资的更大回报。然而，目前对示范项目的依赖充满了应用的困难，以及从业者层面对接受的阻力。问题包括普遍认为需要适应，以及与执行忠诚度有关的长期问题。这一拟议项目中的方法和正在进行可行性测试的产品将产生一种工具，将把研究应用于实践的重点从项目转移到个人预防实践者。它还通过有意识地综合研究成果和专业材料，将研究的重点转移到实践技术上，这些材料提供了基于成功经验的详细描述和指导。该产品将在四组具体活动中提供在线和光盘培训，帮助个别服务提供者有效地实施互动/体验式服务提供，这是影响预防成果的最常被证实的因素之一。这四个组成部分是互动学习、反思性学习、社会互动的群体处理和与青少年的有效沟通。该课程将针对EMT正在开发的在线形式进行开发，以满足防线人员的学习需求和资源限制。将通过一个专家小组进行系统评估，并对从目标人群中抽取的参与者进行一次可接受性和知识积累的小规模测试，以测试其可行性。目前，政策的重点是通过提供工具，帮助从业者将科学产生的干预有效性知识付诸实践，从而提高预防效果。目前对示范方案的强调只是一种方法，并受到规模(整个方案往往不是许多情况下可行的重点)、实施保真度和适应不同背景的问题的限制。拟议的循证预防实践核心技能网上培训项目提供了一种将证据转化为实践的创新方法，侧重于有效实施通过科学研究被发现广泛适用的做法所必需的个人能力和技能。这种方法可以有效地利用科学知识造福青年和社会，从而带来重要的好处。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Web-based Training on Core Skills for Evidence-based Prevention Practice project addresses an important but little discussed weakness in the current technology of transferring research-based findings to practice in substance abuse prevention and related fields. There is widespread consensus that it is important to realize a greater return on our prevention research investment by developing effective ways to use research findings on effective practice in actual policies, strategies and program activities. However, current reliance on model programs has been fraught with difficulty of application, and by resistance in acceptance at the practitioner level. Problems include the widespread perception of need for adaptation, and persistent issues related to implementation fidelity. The approach in this proposed project and the product being tested for feasibility will produce a tool that changes the focus of applying research to practice from the program to the individual prevention practitioner. It also changes the focus of the research to practice technology by consciously synthesizing research findings and professional material that provides detailed descriptions and guides based on successful experience. The product will provide online and CD-based training in four specific sets of activities that will help individual service deliverers effectively implement interactive / experiential service delivery, which is one of the most frequently validated contributors to affect prevention outcomes. These four components are interactive learning, reflective learning, group processing of social interaction, and effective communication with adolescents. The course will be developed for an online format that EMT is developing to meet the learning needs and resource constraints of line prevention staff. Feasibility will be tested through systematic assessment by a panel of experts, and through a small test of acceptability and knowledge gain in a sample of participants drawn from the target population. There is currently a strong policy focus on improving prevention effectiveness by providing tools that will help practitioners put scientifically generated knowledge about intervention effectiveness into practice. The current emphasis on model programs is only one approach, and is limited by problems of scale (the whole program is often not a feasible focus for many settings), implementation fidelity, and adaptation to different contexts. The proposed Web-based Training on Core Skills for Evidence-based Prevention Practice project provides an innovative approach to transferring evidence to practice by focusing on individual competencies and skills necessary to effectively implement practices found to be widely applicable through scientific studies. This approach can bring important benefits by effectively leveraging scientific knowledge into benefits for youth and society.