The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices, a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently identified Pro-Change’s Transtheoretical Model (TTM) based Stress Management Program as one of the interventions in their database that has been evaluated in Comparative Effective Research (CER). By identifying interventions that have CER support, users of NREPP will be able to more easily find programs that meet their needs.
“Pro-Change is thrilled that NREPP is adding the CER search feature to their web site. It will allow researchers, clinicians, and other decision makers to identify interventions that have been evaluated and compared in real world settings,” said Dr. Kerry Evers, Senior Vice-President of Research and Product Development. Dr. Evers was the Principal Investigator and developer of Pro-Change’s Stress Management Program.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CER is the conduct and synthesis of research comparing the benefits and harms of different interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions in “real world” settings. The purpose of this research is to improve health outcomes by developing and disseminating evidence-based information to patients, clinicians, and other decision makers, responding to their expressed needs about which interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances.
The goals of CER are to:
- Assess a comprehensive array of health-related outcomes for diverse patient populations and subgroups
- Include medications, procedures, medical and assistive devices and technologies, diagnostic testing, behavioral change, and delivery system strategies
- Use a variety of data sources and methods to assess comparative effectiveness and actively disseminate the results.
NREPP rates the quality of the research supporting intervention outcomes and the quality and availability of training and implementation materials on a scale of 0.0 – 4.0. Pro-Change’s Stress Management Program was added to the database in February 2008. The program received a 3.8 overall rating for readiness for dissemination.