The Role of Open Science Practices in Scaling Evidence-Based Prevention Programs.

ABSTRACT: The goal of creating evidence-based programs is to scale them at sufficient breadth to support population-level improvements in critical outcomes. However, this promise is challenging to fulfill. One of the biggest issues for the field is the reduction in effect sizes seen when a program is taken to scale. This paper discusses an economic perspective that identifies the underlying incentives in the research process that lead to scale up problems and to deliver potential solutions to strengthen outcomes at scale. The principles of open science are well aligned with this goal. One prevention program that has begun to scale across the USA is early childhood home visiting. While there is substantial impact research on home visiting, overall average effect size is .10 and a recent national rand

SUBMITTER: Supplee LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature