TY - JOUR
T1 - Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS)
T2 - A cluster randomized trial targeting system-wide improvement in substance use services
AU - Knight, Danica K.
AU - Belenko, Steven
AU - Wiley, Tisha
AU - Robertson, Angela A.
AU - Arrigona, Nancy
AU - Dennis, Michael
AU - Bartkowski, John P.
AU - McReynolds, Larkin S.
AU - Becan, Jennifer E.
AU - Knudsen, Hannah K.
AU - Wasserman, Gail A.
AU - Rose, Eve
AU - DiClemente, Ralph
AU - Leukefeld, Carl
AU - Brody, Gene
AU - Cawood, Margaret
AU - Chandler, Redonna
AU - Dembo, Richard
AU - Donohue, Patti
AU - Ducharme, Lori
AU - Hammersley, Kelly
AU - Koontz, Veronica
AU - Maccarone, James
AU - Scott, Chris
AU - Taxman, Faye
AU - Aarons, Greg
AU - Baird-Thomas, Connie
AU - Bowser, Diana
AU - Brown, C. Hendricks
AU - Elkington, Kate
AU - Estrada, Barbara
AU - Hamilton, Leah
AU - Harris, Phil
AU - Hiller, Matthew
AU - Hogue, Aaron
AU - Johnson, Ingrid
AU - McCollister, Kathryn
AU - Miles, Cori
AU - Moritz, Kate
AU - Morgenstern, Jon
AU - Nager, Alexis
AU - Ozbardakci, Elise
AU - Pankow, Jennifer
AU - Sales, Jessica
AU - Staton-Tindall, Michele
AU - Spaulding, Anne
AU - Weiland, Doris
AU - Welsh, Wayne
AU - Wood, Jennifer
AU - Zibalese-Crawford, Marsha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Knight et al.
PY - 2016/4/29
Y1 - 2016/4/29
N2 - Background: The purpose of this paper is to describe the Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS) study, a cooperative implementation science initiative involving the National Institute on Drug Abuse, six research centers, a coordinating center, and Juvenile Justice Partners representing seven US states. While the pooling of resources across centers enables a robust implementation study design involving 36 juvenile justice agencies and their behavioral health partner agencies, co-producing a study protocol that has potential to advance implementation science, meets the needs of all constituencies (funding agency, researchers, partners, study sites), and can be implemented with fidelity across the cooperative can be challenging. This paper describes (a) the study background and rationale, including the juvenile justice context and best practices for substance use disorders, (b) the selection and use of an implementation science framework to guide study design and inform selection of implementation components, and (c) the specific study design elements, including research questions, implementation interventions, measurement, and analytic plan. Methods/design: The JJ-TRIALS primary study uses a head-to-head cluster randomized trial with a phased rollout to evaluate the differential effectiveness of two conditions (Core and Enhanced) in 36 sites located in seven states. A Core strategy for promoting change is compared to an Enhanced strategy that incorporates all core strategies plus active facilitation. Target outcomes include improvements in evidence-based screening, assessment, and linkage to substance use treatment. Discussion: Contributions to implementation science are discussed as well as challenges associated with designing and deploying a complex, collaborative project. Trial registration:NCT02672150.
AB - Background: The purpose of this paper is to describe the Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS) study, a cooperative implementation science initiative involving the National Institute on Drug Abuse, six research centers, a coordinating center, and Juvenile Justice Partners representing seven US states. While the pooling of resources across centers enables a robust implementation study design involving 36 juvenile justice agencies and their behavioral health partner agencies, co-producing a study protocol that has potential to advance implementation science, meets the needs of all constituencies (funding agency, researchers, partners, study sites), and can be implemented with fidelity across the cooperative can be challenging. This paper describes (a) the study background and rationale, including the juvenile justice context and best practices for substance use disorders, (b) the selection and use of an implementation science framework to guide study design and inform selection of implementation components, and (c) the specific study design elements, including research questions, implementation interventions, measurement, and analytic plan. Methods/design: The JJ-TRIALS primary study uses a head-to-head cluster randomized trial with a phased rollout to evaluate the differential effectiveness of two conditions (Core and Enhanced) in 36 sites located in seven states. A Core strategy for promoting change is compared to an Enhanced strategy that incorporates all core strategies plus active facilitation. Target outcomes include improvements in evidence-based screening, assessment, and linkage to substance use treatment. Discussion: Contributions to implementation science are discussed as well as challenges associated with designing and deploying a complex, collaborative project. Trial registration:NCT02672150.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Cluster randomized trial
KW - Data-driven decision-making
KW - Evidence-based practice implementation
KW - Interagency collaboration
KW - Justice-involved youth
KW - Juvenile justice
KW - Substance use
KW - System change
KW - Treatment services
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U2 - 10.1186/s13012-016-0423-5
DO - 10.1186/s13012-016-0423-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 27130175
AN - SCOPUS:84967316109
SN - 1748-5908
VL - 11
JO - Implementation Science
JF - Implementation Science
IS - 1
M1 - 57
ER -
