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ArticleImplementation science : IS2021

Protocol for a hybrid type 3 cluster randomized trial of a technical assistance system supporting coalitions and evidence-based drug prevention programs.

Louis D Brown, Sarah M Chilenski, Rebecca Wells, Eric C Jones, Janet A Welsh, Jochebed G Gayles, Maria E Fernandez, Damon E Jones, Kimberly A Mallett, Mark E Feinberg

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Article in Implementation science : IS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04592120 (Randomized Trial of a Data-driven Technical Assistance System for Drug Prevention Coalitions), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.

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2 · The registry

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NCT04592120 nacompletednot on this map

Randomized Trial of a Data-driven Technical Assistance System for Drug Prevention Coalitions

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonRan2020 to 2024Enrolled68ConditionsSubstance Use, Adolescent Problem BehaviorArmsCoalition Check-Up
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Improvements in Capacity Among Community Coalitions Receiving Technical Assistance Through the Coalition Check-Up.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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  6. Effects of Resource Sharing Networks on Community Anti-Drug Coalitions' Outcomes: A Social Network Analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Louis D BrownSchool of Public Health in El Paso, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 5130 Gateway East Blvd., Rm 316, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA. louis.d.brown@uth.tmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3911-3753
Sarah M ChilenskiEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA.
Rebecca WellsSchool of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA.
Eric C JonesSchool of Public Health in El Paso, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 5130 Gateway East Blvd., Rm 316, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA.
Janet A WelshEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA.
Jochebed G GaylesEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA.
Maria E FernandezSchool of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA.
Damon E JonesEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA.
Kimberly A MallettEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA.
Mark E FeinbergEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA.
Pennsylvania State University · USThe University of Texas at El Paso · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Randomized trial of a data-driven technical assistance system for drug prevention coalitionsR01DA045815 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI BROWN, LOUIS DAVIS, CHILENSKI, SARAH · 2019 to 2023
$3.8M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA045815
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOver 5000 community anti-drug coalitions operating in the USA serve as a cornerstone of federal drug prevention. These coalitions, however, have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing substance use only when they use technical assistance (TA) and implement evidence-based programs (EBPs). The absence of TA and EBP implementation by coalitions is a key research-to-practice gap. The Coalition Check-Up TA system is designed to fill this gap by supporting community coalition implementation of EBPs. Existing TA models for evidence-based coalition approaches are resource intensive and coalition model specific. The Coalition Check-Up is a lower cost strategy that works with a variety of types of coalitions to support sustainable implementation of EBPs. This study protocol describes a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial applying Wandersman's Interactive Systems Framework to test the effects of the Coalition Check-Up on coalition EBP implementation capacity and outcomes. The Interactive Systems Framework outlines how the prevention support system-especially TA-bolsters EBP dissemination and implementation.

methodsUsing a cluster randomized controlled design, this trial will test the overall effectiveness of the Coalition Check-Up, including how it contributes to EBP implementation and prevention of youth substance use. The first aim is to estimate the impact of the Coalition Check-Up on coalitions' capacity to do their work. We will recruit 68 anti-drug coalitions for random assignment to the Coalition Check-Up or "TA as usual" condition. We will evaluate whether the Coalition Check-Up improves coalition capacity using measures of coalition member responses about team processes, coalition network composition, and collaborative structure. Our second aim is to estimate the impact of the Coalition Check-Up on implementation of EBPs, and our third aim is to estimate the impact of the Coalition Check-Up on youth substance use. DISCUSSION: This project will clarify how the Coalition Check-Up, a scalable approach to TA due to its low cost, affects coalition capacity to support EBP implementation. Analyses also provide insight into causal pathways from the prevention support system to the prevention delivery system outlined by the Interactive Systems Framework. Results will build the evidence-base for how to support community coalitions' sustainable implementation of evidence-based prevention programs and policies.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov registration number NCT04592120 . Registered on October 19, 2020.

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Pharmaceutical PreparationsSubstance-Related DisordersAdolescentHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch DesignPharmaceutical PreparationsAdolescent behaviorCommunity coalitionsImplementation supportInteractive Systems FrameworkPreventionRisk reduction behaviorSubstance-related disordersSustainabilityTechnical assistance

Identifiers

PMID34172065
PMCPMC8235808
OpenAlexW3175267686

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