From research to community-based practice--working with Latino researchers to translate and diffuse a culturally relevant evidence-based intervention: the Modelo de Intervención Psicomédica (MIP) experience

• Published in: AIDS education and prevention Vol. 21; no. 5 Suppl; p. 171
• Main Authors: Pemberton, Gisele, Andía, Jonny, Robles, Rafaela, Collins, Charles, Colón-Cartagena, Nelson, Pérez Del Pilar, Omar, Vega, Teresa Soto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01-10-2009
• Subjects: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Culture; Diffusion of Innovation; Drug Users; Evidence-Based Medicine; Health Promotion - organization & administration; Hispanic Americans; HIV Infections - ethnology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Humans; Information Dissemination - methods; Research Personnel; United States; United States
• DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.5_supp.171
• EISSN: 1943-2755

Efforts to translate, package, and diffuse HIV/AIDS research into practice have gained momentum with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) launch of three projects: the Prevention Research Synthesis Project, which identifies evidence-based interventions studies; the Replicating Effective Programs Project, which supports the translation of evidence-based interventions into materials suitable for use in local prevention programs; and the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions Project, which moves behavioral interventions into full-scale practice across the United States. This article describes the CDC's fast-track process of translation, packaging, and diffusion of an HIV intervention for Hispanic/Latino injection drug users, the Modelo de Intervención Psicomédica conducted by the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions Project in collaboration with a CBA organization and the original researchers.