FAMILY COURT–UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP TO BENEFIT DIVORCING FAMILIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF MARICOPA COUNTY (ARIZONA) FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT AND ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY'S PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER* |
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Authors: | Liza Cohen Hita Sanford L. Braver Irwin N. Sandler Phillip Knox Marylou Strehle |
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Affiliation: | 1. Arizona State University;2. NIMH‐supported Prevention Research Center and NIMH, NIDA, CMHS, the Institute of Medicine, and various private foundations on prevention research;3. Court of Arizona in Maricopa County |
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Abstract: | Using evidence‐based methods to help divorcing families requires the combined best efforts of legal professionals, courts, judges and administrators, mental health oriented service providers, and university researchers. Collaborative program development, implementation, and evaluation involve a complicated process of negotiation between professionals, yet this process is hardly ever described. The current article describes the processes we underwent in forging an alliance of researchers from Arizona State University's Prevention Research Center with professionals from the Maricopa County (Arizona) Family Court, a collaboration that involved a true dialogue and cooperation from the earliest stages and continuing throughout the project. A Community‐Based Participatory Research model was the underlying basis for our partnership; its lynchpin device was a Joint Planning Committee. |
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Keywords: | community collaboration prevention divorce CBPR court– university partnership |
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