Bridging the Gap Between Practice and Research Forging Partnerships with Community-Based Drug and Alcohol Treatment (1998) / Chapter Skim
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6 Findings and Recommendations
6 Findings and Recommendations
Pages 111-120
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STRATEGIES FOR LINKING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE The committee found some striking examples of strong collaborations between community-based drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs and academic research institutions. It was apparent, however, that relatively few investigators work closely with community treatment programs and even fewer programs participate actively in research.
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with that complexity. It could begin as a demonstration project involving a basic infrastructure enhancement of perhaps one full-time equivalent staff person and some computer support to a small set of diverse treatment sites.
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Certain key areas will neeci to be aciciresseci to foster partnership. For the community-baseci treatment programs, these inclucle: · encouraging anci, when appropriate, participating in biomeclical, social-behavioral, treatment effectiveness, anci services research; · seeking collaboration with researchers to builci information systems that enhance the clelivery of clinical services, improve program management anci operations, anci contribute to research databases; · enhancing quality improvement strategies anci fostering the clevelopment of organizational learning; anci · promoting staff education on current research anci creating strategies to encourage adoption of clinical protocols that hoici promise to improve treatment services.
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. STRATEGIES FOR LINKING RESEARCH FINDINGS, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND TREATMENT IMPLEMENTATION State and federal policies sometimes hinder the diffusion of knowledge flowing from research relevant to drug abuse treatment.
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State licensing standards provide the basis for monitoring treatment outcomes and processes and for managing progress toward desired patient outcomes. The best staff development standards require ongoing staff training and education (e.g., through publications, seminars, enrollment in continuing education, and attendance at training sessions that disseminate information on emerging developments in clinical care)
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While there is a general knowledge base about technology transfer, there has been little research on information exchange in the drug abuse treatment field. Research findings about technology transfer specific to drug abuse treatment are needed to help overcome the critical barriers to information exchange and reduce the knowledge gaps in this field.
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NIDA-, NIAAA-, and AHCPR-sponsored research on drug treatment knowledge dissemination would help to reduce barriers to the transfer of treatment knowledge and encourage treatment programs and policymakers to adopt proven treatments. Research findings need to be prepared in a form, and disseminated within channels, that enhance availability and acceptability to community-based treatment programs especially frontline treatment staff.
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RECOMMENDATION 9. CSAT and NIDA, in collaboration with state substance abuse authorities, should develop public awareness programs to encourage consumers and their families to recognize high-quality treatment programs so they will begin to demand that treatment programs include research-proven treatment approaches within their treatment models.
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NIDA and other research funding agencies should support predoctoral and postdoctoral research training programs that provide experience in drug abuse treatment research and health services research within community-based treatment programs. Programs funded should have the full and active participation of community-based treatment programs and should include resources to fund the costs of participation for the treatment programs.
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These grants should emphasize skills needed for participating in collaborative research and in the translation and implementation of treatment research into local community settings. · Support training for consumers and their families in becoming effective advocates and in the development of advocacy organizations to promote state-of-the-art treatment and treatment research, as well as consumer participation in policy areas such as the development of standards of care.
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