Closing the research to practice gap: Redefining feasibility

Author(s)

Stacy L. Frazier, University of Illinois at Chicago
Diana Formoso, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Dina Birman, University of Illinois
Marc S. Atkins, University of Illinois at Chicago

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2008

Publication Title

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volume

15

Issue/Number

2

First Page

125

ISSN

0969-5893

Last Page

129

Abstract/Excerpt

Recent attention to closing the research to practice gap reflects a new paradigm in which community partners assume more active roles in intervention research. Funders are shaping this new genre of collaborative research, and yet still require letters of support from investigators documenting access to sites as evidence of feasibility. Defining feasibility by access, however, derives from a basic research model that translates poorly to a collaborative one. At the same time, university–community collaboration within externally funded research poses a number of ethical challenges. We encourage a redefinition of feasibility that prioritizes collaboration by reconstructing the purpose and content of letters of support and by encouraging investigators to build into studies sufficient time and specific plans for building sustainable partnerships.

DOI

10.1111/j.1468-2850.2008.00120.x

NSUWorks Citation

Frazier, S. L., Formoso, D., Birman, D., Atkins, M. S. (2008). Closing the research to practice gap: Redefining feasibility. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15(2), 125-129.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/230