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Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense : status of current research, prioritizing areas of need, and recommendations for moving forward /

To support U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) efforts to create a unified, comprehensive strategic plan for suicide prevention research, a RAND study cataloged studies funded by DoD and other entities, examined whether current research maps to DoD's strategic research needs, and provided recommen...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramchand, Rajeev
Autor Corporativo: Rand Corporation
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Background; Study Purpose; Approach; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO: Current Suicide Prevention Research in the United States That Is Directly Relevant to Military Personnel; Methods; Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria; Identifying Studies for Abstraction; Data Abstraction; Results; Studies Identified, Funders, and Funding; Funding, by NAASP Category; Funding, by MOMRP Category; Conclusion
  • CHAPTER THREE: Prioritizing Research Needs in the U.S. Department of Defense Background; Methods; Creating Aspirational Goals; Selection of Stakeholder Participants; Implementation of the DoD Stakeholder Elicitation Process; Implementing the RAND Expert Lens Process; Analysis; Results; Participant Response; Ranking Across the Five Domains; Additional Elicitation from RAND Experts; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: Preliminary Gap Analysis; Methods; Results; Perceived Importance; Effectiveness; Cultural Acceptability; Cost; Learning Potential; Conclusion
  • CHAPTER FIVE: Modeling DoD's Suicide Prevention Research Priorities Background; Methods; Model Parameters; Parameterization of the Model; Analysis; Results; Suicides Prevented per Cost; Suicides Prevented per Cost Relative to Overall Importance; Benefit-Cost Index Relative to Cultural Acceptability; Benefit-Cost Index Relative to Learning Value; Funding and Study Allocation Relative to the Benefit-Cost Index; Sensitivity Analysis; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX: Translating Research into Practice; Literature Review Strategy; A Note on Terminology; The Ten Components; 1. Evidence of an Identified Need
  • 2. Evidence of Research Quality 3. Evidence of Effectiveness; 4. Leadership Buy-In and Support from Key Stakeholders; 5. Funding or Other Institutional Support; 6. Collaboration with Credible Sponsors; 7. Provision of Incentives or Development of Policies; 8. Peer Network Supportive of Adoption; 9. Dissemination Materials; 10. Expectation of a Cultural Shift; Conclusion; CHAPTER SEVEN: Recommendations for a Research Strategy; Overarching Recommendation; Priorities for Research Funding; Processes to Enhance and More Efficiently Allocate Research Funding
  • Processes to Close the Research-to-Practice Gap Conclusion; APPENDIXES; A. Ongoing Studies of Relevance to Suicide Prevention Among Military Personnel; B. Alternative Allocation Analysis; C. Statistical Procedure for Extracting Rankings from the RAND Expert Lens Panel; D. Feedback from DoD Stakeholders About the RAND ExpertLens Process; E. Sensitivity Analysis of the Benefit-Cost Index Rankings; F. Research Domains and Approaches for Assessing Research Quality; References