“The California Healthy Kids Resource Center was established to assist
schools in promoting health literacy. Health literacy is the capacity of an
individual to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information
and services and the competence to use such information and services in
ways that are health enhancing.”
Defines EBPs
Intended for: teachers, administrators, university faculty, and other
professionals who work with preschool through 12th grade students
“The international Campbell Collaboration (C2) is a non-profit
organization that aims to help people make well-informed decisions
about the effects of interventions in the social, behavioral and
educational arenas. C2’s objectives are to prepare, maintain and
disseminate systematic reviews of studies of interventions.”
International site
Intended for: those implementing interventions in the behavioral,
social, and educational fields
Provides descriptions of interventions
Transparent reviews
Organization: Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression
Provides “major focused psychological strategies shown to be evidencebased
for a number of psychological disorders and included as focused
psychological strategies in the [Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule]
for the Better outcomes in mental health care initiative.”
International site
Intended for: General practitioners who are treating those with a
mental disorder, in order to improve primary mental health care
“The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and
independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate
information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It
produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions
and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and
other studies of interventions.”
International Site
Intended for: health service providers, consumers, research funding
agencies, departments of health, international organizations,
universities, and anyone else making decisions about healthcare
have, or are at risk for, problem behavior
Provides descriptions of interventions/reviews
Transparent reviews
Provides descriptions of interventions
Individual TA available
References related to EBPs
Organization: SAMHSA, Co-Occurring Center for Excellence
“The mission of SAMHSA’s Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) is to:…foster the infusion and adoption of evidence-and consensus-based treatment and program innovation into clinical and organizational practice."
Intended for: the co-occurring disorder service system
Provides descriptions of interventions
Transparent reviews
Describes evidentiary standards met
Describes intervention implementation
Individual TA available (free/for fee)
Provides information on fidelity measurement
Provides guidance on staffing
References related to EBPs
Organization: SAMHSA, CSAT’s Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs)
“The ATTC network transmits the latest knowledge, skills and attitudes of professional addiction treatment practice. The ATTC’s goal is to enhance clinical practice.”
Intended for: addiction treatment professionals
Provides descriptions of interventions
Transparent reviews
Describes evidentiary standards met
Describes intervention implementation
Individual TA available (free/for fee)
Provides information on fidelity measurement
Provides guidance on staffing
References related to EBPs
Organization: SAMHSA, CSAT's Inventory of Effective Substance Abuse Treatment Practices
“To assist potential applicants, SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) has identified the following listing of current publications on effective treatment practices for use by treatment professionals in treating individuals with substance abuse disorders. These publications are available from the SAMHSA’s Health Information Network at 1-877-SAMHSA-7, http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
• Intended for: Applicants for CSAT grants
• Provides descriptions of interventions
• Describes intervention implementation
• Individual TA available (free/for fee)
• Provides information on fidelity measurement
• Provides guidance on staffing
• References related to EBPs
“CSAT’s Knowledge Application Program (KAP) assists treatment providers in adopting and implementing the information in CSAT’s published materials. KAP develops tools that program directors, clinical supervisors, and other staff members can use to actively promote the adoption of new treatment approaches, taking “science” to “service.”
Intended for: program directors, clinical supervisors, and program staff members
Provides descriptions of interventions
Transparent reviews
Describes evidentiary standards met
Describes intervention implementation
Individual TA available (free/for fee)
Provides information on fidelity measurement
Provides guidance on staffing
References related to EBPs
Organization: Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA),
National Institute on Drug Abuse
“The mission of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN)
is to close the gap between science and service by improving the science
and practice of implementation in relation to evidence-based programs
and practices.”
Intended for: researchers, program developers and stakeholders
interested in or engaged in the development, research,
implementation and replication of evidence-based programs and
practices
“The office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Model Programs Guide (MPG) is designed to assist practitioners and communities in implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention programs that can make a difference in the lives of children and communities. The MPG database of evidence-based programs covers the entire continuum of youth services from prevention through sanctions to reentry.”
Intended for: “juvenile justice practitioners, administrators, and researchers”
Provides descriptions of interventions
Transparent reviews
Describes evidentiary standards met
Describes intervention implementation
Organization: Oregon Mental Health and Addiction Services
>mental health >evidence-based practices >OMHAS practices
“The Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS) has compiled information and links to assist consumers in becoming informed about mental health disorders and to assist consumers in becoming healthy, safe and independent individuals. The information will also assist policy makers and providers to work toward further education, share and expand current treatment efforts, and assist consumers in everyday needs.”
“SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices NREPP is a voluntary rating and classification system designed to provide the public with reliable information on the scientific basis and practicality of interventions that prevent and/or treat mental and substance use disorders. Descriptive information and quantitative ratings are provided across several key areas for all interventions reviewed by NREPP.”
Defines EBPs
Intended for: States, Territories, community-based organizations and other interested stakeholders
“The central problem that the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy seeks to address is that U.S. social programs are often implemented with little regard to rigorous evidence, costing billions of dollars yet failing to address critical needs of our society in areas such as education, crime and substance abuse, and poverty reduction.… This site summarizes the findings from well-designed randomized controlled trials that, in our view, have particularly important policy implications.”
Defines EBPs
Intended for: policy makers and practitioners
Provides descriptions of interventions
Transparent reviews
Describes evidentiary standards met
Describes intervention implementation
Provides guidance on staffing
References related to EBPs
Organization: Strengthening Americas Families Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program and SAMHSA‘s
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
“In the following pages you will find two page summaries of family-focused programs which have been proven to be effective…The programs in this booklet are divided into categories based upon the degree, quality, and outcomes of research associated with them. You will also find a program matrix. This may be helpful to you in determining ‘at a glance’ which programs may best meet your community needs.”
Intended for: those searching for effective family-based programs that address prevention of juvenile delinquency and substance abuse
Provides descriptions of interventions
Transparent reviews
Describes evidentiary standards met
Describes intervention implementation
Makes individual TA available
Provides information on fidelity measurement
Provides guidance on staffing
Organization: Task Force on College Drinking, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
“The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism created the Task Force on College Drinking in 1998 to provide research-based information about the nature and extent of dangerous (college) drinking. The Task Force comprises college presidents, researchers, and students.”
Intended for: high school and college administrators, students, parents, community leaders, policymakers, researchers, members of the retail beverage industry, and Public Heath Professionals
Provides descriptions of interventions
Describes evidentiary standards met
References related to EBPs
Organization: University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute
“The EBP Substance Abuse Database is one tool to help treatment providers make informed decisions about which science-based practices are most appropriate in which circumstances and for which individuals.”
