RESEARCH METHODS CORE

研究方法核心（主任，Steven Belenko博士） 拟议的先进中心的一个显着特点是它的三个部门的桥梁：JWental健康 (MH)、物质滥用（SA）和刑事司法（CJ），它们通常在智力隔离中发挥作用。我们 挑战是以连贯和有用的方式将它们融合在一起。从方法论上讲，这需要理解 证据的状态和各种学科的方法，并将它们结合在一起， 推进MH-SA-CJ证据库最限制MH-SA-CJ科学的方法论领域 领域不是复杂的统计技术或数据收集方法，而是国家的基本应用- 形成和告知科学服务和干预研究的基础的最先进的方法。问题 该领域的领域包括缺乏综合概念化（跨专业的学习和综合 结果评价方法的误用（用有效性而不是 评价创新的形成性方法或不使用RCT或其他方法来控制选择 影响）;以及定性和地理信息方法未充分利用，以提高有效性、完善 多变量建模，并将文化，社会和社区元素和动态置于情境中。的 研究方法Core将不同领域的方法应用于MH-SA-CJ研究，并开发了一种方法 提高作为《联合国海洋法公约》 MH-SA-CJ场我们的研究重点是理解和建模有组织的复杂性和工具 通过涉及研究人员和利益攸关方的集体进程进行开发。 具体目标2：发展和开展方法严谨的创新研究 开发和支持方法基础设施，为MH-SA-CJ服务和干预提供信息和支持 研究和开发并将新方法纳入研究过程。

RESEARCH METHODS CORE (Director, Dr. Steven Belenko) A distinctive characteristic of the proposed advanced center is its bridging of three sectors: JWental Health (MH), Substance Abuse (SA), and Criminal Justice (CJ), which typically function in intellectual isolation. Our challenge is to blend them together in a coherent and useful way. Methodologically this entails understanding the state of the evidence and the methods of various disciplines and pulling them together to enhance and advance the MH-SA-CJ evidence base. Methodological areas that most limit the science in the MH-SA-CJ fields are not sophisticated statistical techniques or data collection methods, but the basic application of stateof- the-art methods that form and inform the foundation of scientific services and intervention research. Problem areas in the field include the lack of integrative conceptualization (learning and synthesizing across specialty fields and disciplines); the misapplication of outcome evaluation methods (using effectiveness instead of formative methodologies in evaluating innovations or not using RCT or other methods to control for selection effects); and the underuse of qualitative and geographic information methods to enhance validity, refine multivariate modeling, and contextualize cultural, social, and community elements and dynamics. The Research Methods Core applies methods from different fields to MH-SA-CJ research and develops a methods process and tools for improving the conceptual and methodological rigor underpinning the evidence base in the MH-SA-CJ field. Our research focuses on understanding and modeling organized complexity and instrument development through a collective process that involves researchers and stakeholders. Specific Aim 2: Develop and Conduct of Methodologically Rigorous and Innovative Research Develop and support a methods infrastructure that informs and supports MH-SA-CJ services and intervention research and develops and incorporates new methods into the research process.