The Pennsylvania Research Center at Temple University

描述(由申请人提供)：为响应NIDA RFA DA09-006，本申请建议在合作协议《刑事司法药物滥用治疗研究-2》(CJ-DATS 2)范围内建立一个新的研究中心，即坦普尔大学(中国)宾夕法尼亚研究中心。中华人民共和国建立在以经验为基础的实施研究概念模型基础上，包括一支经验丰富和成就斐然的研究团队，在两个不同的州(宾夕法尼亚州和佛罗里达州)拥有众多机构合作伙伴。我们的主要刑事司法机构与宾夕法尼亚州惩教部(PADOC)合作，延续了过去十年非常成功的合作伙伴关系。这种伙伴关系体现了CJ-DATS 2的使命：由TU-PADOC伙伴关系进行的研究直接和实质性地改变了PADOC的药物治疗实践，显著影响了计划扩展和标准化、消除不太成功的模式、囚犯评估、治疗和采用循证治疗实践的决策。除了我们的多机构和多国家框架外，中华人民共和国还为CJ-DATS 2提供了多学科视角，以开展刑事司法系统中药物治疗和艾滋病毒干预的实施研究。我们的坦普尔和南佛罗里达大学研究人员和顾问团队在三个RFA研究轨道以及对CJ-DATS 2重要的实质性领域提供了强大的专业知识，包括实施科学、经济分析和空间分析，这些内容领域将加强CJ-DATS 2的科学和实践。我们强大的管理能力和行政计划，以及广泛的最先进的信息技术资源(以实物形式提供)将使我们能够作为领导中心和合作研究中心协调多个研究项目。提出了两个研究概念：概念1将评估实施艾滋病毒服务的组织和系统障碍，并制定改进这些方案实施的战略。概念2将审查连续治疗社区治疗的实施情况，并评估质量改进战略对实施做法和结果的影响。公共卫生相关性：该项目将通过更有效地实施循证药物治疗和艾滋病毒风险降低计划，改善有药物滥用问题或艾滋病毒感染风险的罪犯的公共卫生结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In response to NIDA RFA DA09-006, this application proposes a new Research Center, the Pennsylvania Research Center at Temple University (PRC), within the cooperative agreement Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies-2 (CJ-DATS 2). The PRC is built around an empirically grounded conceptual model for implementation research, and includes a highly experienced and accomplished research team with numerous agency partners in 2 diverse states (PA and FL).Our primary criminal justice agency collaboration is with the PA Department of Corrections (PADOC), continuing a highly successful partnership in place for the past decade. This partnership exemplifies the mission of CJ-DATS 2: research conducted by the TU-PADOC partnership has contributed directly and substantially to changes to PADOC's drug treatment practices, significantly influencing decisions on program expansion and standardization, elimination of less successful models, inmate assessment, treatment, and adoption of evidence-based treatment practices. In addition to our multi-agency and multi-state framework, the PRC brings multidisciplinary perspectives to CJ-DATS 2 for conducting implementation research on drug treatment and HIV interventions in the criminal justice system. Our team of Temple and University of South Florida researchers and consultants provides strong expertise in the three RFA research tracks and in substantive areas important for CJ-DATS 2, including implementation science, economic analysis, and spatial analysis, content areas that will enhance CJ-DATS 2 science and practice. Our strong management capacity and administrative plan, and extensive state-of-the-art information technology resources (provided in-kind) will enable our coordination of multiple research projects both as Lead Center and as a collaborating research center. Two research concepts are proposed: Concept 1 will assess the organizational and system barriers to implementing HIV services and develop strategies for improving implementation of these programs. Concept 2 will examine the implementation of continuum of therapeutic community treatment and assess the impact of quality improvement strategies on implementation practices and outcomes. PUBLIC HEALTH RELAVENCE: This project will improve public health outcomes for offenders with drug abuse problems or at risk for HIV infection by leading to more effective implementation of evidence-based drug treatment and HIV risk reduction programs.