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  • Community and Practice Advisory Board

    Community and Practice Advisory Board Susan Arvidson, MSE Saint Paul Public SchoolsMore about Susan Arvidson Tish Brookins, Ed.D, MSSW Jefferson County Public SchoolsMore about Tish Brookins Stephen Hydon, Ed.D, MSW University of Southern California School of Social WorkMore about Stephen Hydon Alicja Iznerowicz, MSW, LCSW U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsMore about Alicja Iznerowicz Kelcey Schmitz,…

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  • Science and Policy Board

    Science and Policy Board Marc S. Atkins, PhD University of Illinois at ChicagoMore about Dr. Atkins Sharon Hoover, PhD Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of MarylandMore about Dr. Hoover Michael Lindsey, PhD Department of Social Work, New York University Silver SchoolMore about Dr. Lindsey Larry Mauksch, MEd Collaborative Family Healthcare…

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  • System, Intervention, and Implementation Strategy Usability Scales (SUS/IUS/ISUS)

    Measures & Guidance > Usability > System, Intervention, and Implementation Strategy Usability Scales (SUS/IUS/ISUS) The Intervention Usability Scale (IUS), Implementation Strategy Usability Scale (ISUS), and System Usability Scale (SUS) are a set of related scales that support assessment of the usability of interventions, implementation strategies, and systems, where a system may be software program or paper…

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  • Community Participation in Research

    Assessed using a UWAC-adapted survey of an existing measure of community participation in research to characterize the extent to which teams engage users across 6 dimensions: identification of design issues, design activities, use of resources, design methods, indicators of success, and sustainability.

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  • Team Collaboration, Trust, and Respect 

    Assessed using a UWAC-adapted survey of the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center’s measure of Team Collaboration and Transdisciplinary Integration. This survey focuses on team member’s satisfaction with collaboration, impact of collaboration, trust, and respect.

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  • Understanding User Needs & Experience 

    Needs and experiences of direct/primary users (people who directly interact with the intervention and implementation strategy) and indirect/secondary users (people affected by the intervention and implementation strategy) are assessed differently based on project. Methods frequently used include: interviews, focus groups, observation, comparative testing (e.g., A/B testing), and co-design.

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