Abstract
In this paper, we report on the development and dissemination of a preventive intervention, Families OverComing Under Stress
(FOCUS), an eight-session family-centered intervention for families facing the impact of wartime deployments. Specific attention
is given to the challenges of rapidly deploying a prevention program across diverse sites, as well as to key elements of implementation
success. FOCUS, developed by a UCLA-Harvard team, was disseminated through a large-scale demonstration project funded by the
United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) beginning in 2008 at 7 installations and expanding to 14 installations
by 2010. Data are presented to describe the range of services offered, as well as initial intervention outcomes. It proved
possible to develop the intervention rapidly and to deploy it consistently and effectively.
(FOCUS), an eight-session family-centered intervention for families facing the impact of wartime deployments. Specific attention
is given to the challenges of rapidly deploying a prevention program across diverse sites, as well as to key elements of implementation
success. FOCUS, developed by a UCLA-Harvard team, was disseminated through a large-scale demonstration project funded by the
United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) beginning in 2008 at 7 installations and expanding to 14 installations
by 2010. Data are presented to describe the range of services offered, as well as initial intervention outcomes. It proved
possible to develop the intervention rapidly and to deploy it consistently and effectively.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-10
- DOI 10.1007/s11121-011-0234-5
- Authors
- William Beardslee, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 21 Autumn Street, Suite 130.2, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Patricia Lester, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 760 Westwood Plaza, Room A8-159, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Lee Klosinski, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 760 Westwood Plaza, Room A8-159, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- William Saltzman, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 760 Westwood Plaza, Room A8-159, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Kirsten Woodward, United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, 2300 E Street, NW Bldg. #6, Washington, DC 20372-5300, USA
- William Nash, Department of Psychiatry, VA San Diego Healthcare System, UCSD, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
- Catherine Mogil, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 760 Westwood Plaza, Room A8-159, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Robert Koffman, National Intrepid Center of Excellence, 8901 Wisconsin Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600, USA
- Gregory Leskin, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 760 Westwood Plaza, Room A8-159, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Journal Prevention Science
- Online ISSN 1573-6695
- Print ISSN 1389-4986