@article{f99ab8cd00484d8bb021a53a6e6cda2e,
title = "Research partnerships with schools to implement prevention programs for Mexican origin families",
abstract = "We describe critical participatory principles and practices used in a successful multiyear partnership between university researchers and a public elementary school district to implement an efficacy trial of the Puentes program, a family-based program to prevent school disengagement and mental health problems in Mexican origin seventh graders. We highlight the role of the School Advisory Board (SAB) as the principle structure facilitating the collaboration and the expansion of roles and power sharing that evolved over the course of the project. We also present the results of a focus group conducted to evaluate the school district's perspective on the partnership. We end by sharing conclusions regarding the critical aspects of the partnership. Editors' Strategic Implications: Researchers and educators alike will benefit from the lessons on how to work together toward effective and sustainable prevention programming.",
keywords = "Collaboration, Mexican, Participatory research, Partnership, Prevention, Schools",
author = "Dumka, {Larry E.} and Anne Mauricio and Nancy Gonzales",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments We are grateful to the families who participated in this project and to the following districts and schools who collaborated: Cartwright School District, Phoenix Elementary District #1, Marc T. Atkinson Middle School, Desert Sands Middle School, Frank Borman Middle School, Estrella Middle School, and Phoenix Preparatory Academy. We thank Michael Martinez, John Woollums, William Bean, Consuelo Nava, Ema Jauregui, Heather Davis, Pat Heichel, David Dowdle, Ken Hunter, Jim Paczosa, Raul Pina, Brenda Avalos, Susan Jurkunas, Jo May, Dave Malin, Dan Perez, Maria Salas, Phoenix Union High School District, Trevor Browne High School, and Maryvale High School for their assistance in implementing the intervention. We especially thank those who served on the School Advisory Board, participated in the focus group evaluation, and provided feedback on this manuscript. We also acknowledge Leticia Defazio{\textquoteright}s assistance with literature searches. This research was supported by NIMH grant R01-MH64707 to fund a randomized, controlled trial of a preventive intervention for Mexican American adolescents, NIMH grant 5-P30-MH39246-13 to fund a Preventive Intervention Research Center at Arizona State University, and the Cowden endowment to the School of Social and Family Dynamics at ASU.",
year = "2007",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1007/s10935-007-0106-8",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "28",
pages = "403--420",
journal = "Journal of Primary Prevention",
issn = "0278-095X",
publisher = "Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc.",
number = "5",
}