# JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center

> **NIH NIH U2C** · GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $9,745

## Abstract

The Implementation and Translational Research (I/Trans) Core of the Mason Coordination and
Translation Center (MCTC) will study the effectiveness of Dissemination and Implementation (D/I) strategies
to facilitate use and uptake of JCOIN scientific findings into widespread practice in criminal justice (CJ) and
health settings. The CJ system, just as clinical settings, experiences a large gap between the development of
research evidence and actual adoption into practice. With few rigorous, prospective studies examining
mechanisms of implementation strategies in CJ settings, the time is now to examine mechanisms of D/I
strategies to advance the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of behavioral health evidence-informed
practice, treatments, and policy in CJ health. The I/Trans Core, led by Drs. Faye Taxman (George Mason
University [Mason]) and Todd Molfenter (University of Wisconsin-Madison), with health communications
scholar Dr. Xiaoquan Zhao (Mason) will be theoretically grounded in the Exploration, Preparation,
Implementation, Sustain (EPIS) and CJ Evidence-based Interagency Implementation Model (CJ-IIM), using
Re-AIM and the HIV Cascade to measure impact. The goal is to test implementation mechanisms of action to
better understand effective D/I strategies that affect the effectiveness of JCOIN scientific messages, and
adoption and effective use of evidence-based treatments and practices. One large RCT trial is planned for Aim
One to determine the optimal approach to low cost interventions of coaching and Extension for Community
Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model in 44 settings that work with CJ-OUD clients. Aim Two is devoted to
advancing the materials used to communicate JCOIN findings by systematically assessing what sources,
channels, and messages used by the Dissemination and Engagement Stakeholder (D/SE) Core in routine
trainings, workshops, presentations, webinars, and other events are effective. This will entail exploring issues
related to message appeal, credible sources, appropriate communication channels, and audience-specific
framing production modalities. A longitudinal feedback questionnaire of participants at D/SE events will be
used to assess how the material was received, knowledge gained, and likely action using the Perceived
Argument Strength Scale and Behavioral Intention Scales. Aim Three will conduct up to three low-cost trials
each year, with Steering Committee and NIDA approval, to test key D/I strategies and actionable messages
that stakeholders use to make practice changes. Examples of possible D/I strategies include message
effectiveness for different audiences, tools to build champions, mediums to build constituent confidence in
scientific evidence, tools to assess and use implementation drivers, and techniques to better use academic-
practitioner partnerships. The summer intern will be responsible for participating survey respondents this study,
to interview local county officials for the summer, and to summarize ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10403058
- **Project number:** 3U2CDA050097-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Warren J. Ferguson
- **Activity code:** U2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $9,745
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-06-15 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10403058

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10403058, JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center (3U2CDA050097-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10403058. Licensed CC0.

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