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1-213 - Applying Implementation Science to Promote Early Childhood Development: Global School and Pediatric Care Implementation Projects

Thu, March 21, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Hilton Baltimore, Floor: Level 2, Key 9

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Research in child development has generated many evidence-based interventions (EBIs) that demonstrate effectiveness in promoting child development. However, substantial barriers exist in translating the EBIs to diverse ethnic populations, integrating EBIs to diverse school and pediatric primary care service contexts, and adapting EBIs to fit low and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts.
In this symposium, we present processes, strategies and factors that facilitate the translation of EBIs. Guided by the Translational and Implementation Research Framework (Spoth et al., 2013) (Figure 1), we present 4 case studies (2 EBIs) to demonstrate how the original EBIs have applied the framework to improve uptake of EBIs to diverse populations and settings.
Paper 1 described the policy-academic-school partnership approach with integration of a bundle implementation strategy to scale-up ParentCorps (a school-based EBI) to the entire Pre-K population in the largest school district in the US. Paper 2 presented the processes and strategies for disseminating and implementing ParentCorps in two LMICs (Ugandan and Nepal), as well as effectiveness findings. Paper 3 presented approaches to examine fit and feasibility, and potential barriers and strategies to scale-up an evidence-based parenting program, the Video Interaction Project (VIP), to diverse high-risk and ethnic populations. Paper 4 presented the adaption processes and strategies for transporting the VIP from US primary care to Brazil childcare settings.
These four papers demonstrate the importance of systematically studying practical strategies and processes to enhance the dissemination and implementation of EBIs, which has potential to foster knowledge-practice translation and to impact child development in multiple populations.

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