Abstract

Evidence-based program implementation in criminal justice and community settings is complex and rarely encounters an ideal set of conditions. Implementation failure may be more common than success, and the field has only started to seriously consider how to improve dissemination and implementation. Research-practitioner partnerships are a potential mechanism for achieving implementation success. Using an implementation science framework, we examine the impact of researcher involvement and activity on implementation outcomes in a sample of 49 community-based multi-agency initiatives to improve public safety. Our findings suggest that projects focused more heavily on data and analysis from the outset achieved better implementation outcomes across multiple domains, including fidelity, penetration and dosage, complexity, execution, and sustainability. Similar improvements in outcomes were not associated with more robust data collection, access, or analytic capacity.

摘要

在刑事司法和社区环境中，循证方案的实施非常复杂，很少遇到理想的条件。实施失败可能比成功更普遍，并且该领域才刚刚开始认真考虑如何改善传播和实施。研究人员与人员之间的伙伴关系是实现实施成功的潜在机制。使用实施科学框架，我们在49个基于社区的多机构计划中，研究了研究人员的参与和活动对实施结果的影响，以改善公共安全。我们的发现表明，项目从一开始就更加注重数据和分析，可以在多个领域实现更好的实施结果，包括保真度，渗透率和剂量，复杂性，执行力和可持续性。