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 / Rajeev Ramchand, Nicole K. Eberhart, Christopher Guo, Eric Pedersen, Terrance Dean Savitsky, Terri Tanielian, Phoenix Voorhies
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
Summary
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 recommendations to encourage better alignment and narrow the research-practice gap when it comes to disseminating findings to programs serving military personnel
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