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Recorded presentation

Kevin D. Hennessy, PhD¹, Richard Finkbiner, PhD², Robin H. Pugh-Yi, PhD², and Fran L. Harmon, PhD². (1) Office of Policy, Program and Budget, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8-1017, Rockville, MD 20857, 240- 276-2234, kevin.hennessy@samhsa.hhs.gov, (2) Research and Evaluation, MANILA Consulting Group, Inc., 6707 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, VA 22101

When the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) expanded its National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices to other domains, including mental health, SAMHSA began exploring a variety of mechanisms to enhance the utility of NREPP for multiple audiences. Since its creation in 1997, the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) has provided critical information to the public about the scientific evidence support for a wide array of substance abuse prevention interventions. This presentation provides a brief history of NREPP and SAMHSA's Model Programs initiative, then describes the formal process (i.e., publication of a Federal Register Notice and systematic analysis of responses) employed by SAMHSA to evaluate the informational and decision-support needs of various stakeholder audiences. The presentation will summarize the major themes that emerged from this formal public comment process, and describe the components of a novel decision-support tool designed to enhance access to evidence-based knowledge for multiple audiences. The importance of three guiding principles—transparency, timeliness, and accuracy of information—will be discussed within the context of evidence-based knowledge dissemination.

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