Gisele Pemberton, Jonny Andía, Rafaela Robles, Charles Collins, Nelson Colón-Cartagena, Omar Pérez Del Pilar, and Teresa Soto Vega,
(2009). 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. AIDS Education and Prevention: Vol. 21, Hispanics/Latinos and HIV/AIDS: Epidemiologic, Behavioral and Ecological Influences of Risk and Best Practices for Prevention, pp. 171-185.
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
Gisele Pemberton1, Jonny Andía2, Rafaela Robles3, Charles Collins2, Nelson Colón-Cartagena2, Omar Pérez Del Pilar3, Teresa Soto Vega11 PROCEED, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ.
2 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
3 Universidad Central del Caribe, Escuela de Medicina, Puerto Rico.
This work was supported by the CDC (FOA #04019).
The authors acknowledge the following persons for their support and expertise during the packaging of the Modelo de Intervención Psicomédica Curriculum: Sarahjane Rath, MPH, PROCEED, Inc.; Tomás Matos, MS, Universidad Central del Caribe, Escuela de Medicina, Puerto Rico; Rashad Burgess, MA, CDC; Samuel Taveras, MED, MPH, CDC; Phyllis Stoll, MA, CDC; and Hank Tomlinson, PhD, CDC.
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Address correspondence to Jonny F. Andía, Behavioral Scientist of the Science Application Team, Capacity Building Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS E-40, Atlanta, GA 30333; e-mail:
efn4@cdc.gov.
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.
