Lessons From the Community-Engaged, Data-Driven Selection of Evidence-Based Practice Strategies in the HEALing

Peter Balvanz1, Daniel Harris, Ramona Olvera

  • 1Author Affiliations: General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (Mr Balvanz, Ms Bridden, Ms Damato-MacPherson, Ms Kosakowski, Dr Larochelle); Institute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (Dr Harris); Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST), College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Olvera); School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York (Dr Sabounchi, Mr David, Dr Hunt, Dr Lounsbury, Dr Wu); Families First Parenting Programs, Watertown, Massachusetts (Ms Carpenter); Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Fareed); College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, HEALing Communities Study, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Olvera, Dr Fareed, Dr Huerta, Ms Plagens, Dr Chase); Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston, Massachusetts (Ms Gibson); Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (Dr Larochelle); Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Ms Lewis); Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (Ms Smeltzer) and Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Villani).

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