Session: Designing, Testing and Disseminating Effective Behavioral Interventions: Methodological Models to Bridge Theory, Core Components and Mechanisms of Change (Society for Social Work and Research 15th Annual Conference: Emerging Horizons for Social Work Research)

This workshop focuses on the science of social and behavioral intervention research and provides participants with knowledge and skills to design and evaluate such research. It provides participants with an understanding of efficacy and effectiveness clinical trials, hybrid models, sampling and recruitment, culturally and gender congruent intervention development and adaptation, and the use of process measures to examine implementation, fidelity and the maintenance of ethical standards.