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Strategies for Scaling Effective Family-Focused Preventive Interventions to Promote Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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8 Sum Up and Way Forward
Pages 79-82

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... He suggested being more forthcoming about revealing what was tried and did not work, rather than only highlighting successes. Pat Shea from the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors emphasized the importance of cross-sector collaboration at the federal level and supporting programs focused on very early childhood development because they are wise investments.
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From page 80...
... She also emphasized the opportunity to capitalize on new digital technologies, and suggested mitigating against the risks of increasing disparities with increasing use of technology. Ruth Perou of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted the importance of bringing multiple sectors to the table, including business leaders and key stakeholders, to move forward with scale-up.
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... The reason why this is really critical is because I see on-the-ground programs put so much time and effort into trying to achieve fidelity on things that might not even draw outcomes." Identifying gaps and trying to fill them with the help of intermediary agencies is also important, she said, but those are not available in every state or discipline. She emphasized the importance of doing implementation science and studying programs at scale, and added that randomized controlled trials may not be the best method to use when ­ conducting this research; there are other rigorous methods that researchers can apply in their studies as well as real-time pivotal program evaluations ­ that can provide the answers needed.
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... (Beardslee) • Hold public officials accountable for investment of public dollars in evidence-based programs as well as for program outcomes, and select program outcomes that can be measured.
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