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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Designing the optimal JJ-TRIALS study: EPIS as a theoretical framework for selection and timing of implementation interventions
Authors:
Danica Knight, Steven Belenko, Angela Robertson, Tisha Wiley, Gail Wasserman, Carl Leukefeld, Ralph DiClemente, Gene Brody, Michael Dennis, Christy Scott
Published in:
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Juvenile Justice-Translating Research Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS; a cooperative implementation science initiative launched by NIDA in July 2013) seeks to reduce unmet substance use disorder (SUD) needs by assisting JJ agencies in their efforts to implement best practices and improve SUD service utilization along a behavioral health cascade (screening, assessment, referral, and treatment). Such efforts require systems-level change; thus, the JJ-TRIALS study targets JJ agencies and the behavioral health partners to which juveniles are referred (i.e., providers of SUD services). …