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Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice: The Work of the Steering Team for the Child Welfare Research and Evaluation Translational Framework Workgroup |
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| Authors: | Mark F Testa Diane DePanfilis Ruth Huebner Renda Dionne Brian Deakins Melinda Baldwin |
| Institution: | 1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA mtesta@unc.edu;3. University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;4. University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, USA;5. Indian Child and Family Services, Temecula, CA, USA;6. Children's Bureau, Washington, DC, USA |
| Abstract: | This article describes the framework developed by the Child Welfare Research and Evaluation Translational Framework Workgroup that was sponsored by the U.S. Children's Bureau for building evidence and bringing evidence-supported interventions to scale. The framework delineates five phases of implementation and evaluation: 1) identify and explore problem definitions and strength of evidence for promising interventions; 2) develop and test innovative interventions when evidence is suggestive; 3) compare and learn about alternative treatments where evidence is equivocal; 4) replicate and adapt better treatments when summary evidence is strong; and 5) apply and improve continuously the quality and integrity of evidence-based practice. |
| Keywords: | evidence-based practices research methodology leadership administration and supervision |