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K-ORCA: Testing a Decision Support Tool and Group Process for Selecting Interventions
Sponsor: Chestnut Health Systems
Summary
This proposal responds to NIMH Objective 4.2.c to develop "decision-support tools and technologies that increase the effectiveness and continuous improvement of mental health interventions" by leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) policy opportunity. First, a web-based platform to host (a) a decision-support tool and (b) automated facilitation for group decisions with the tool will be developed with state partners' feedback. Next, decision makers leading their states' FFPSA quality improvement efforts will be engaged to pilot a decision-support intervention comprised of the tool and live or automated facilitation, and to evaluate the implementation quality of evidence-based programs adopted with the decision-support intervention.
Official title: Refining and Pilot Testing a Decision Support Intervention to Facilitate Adoption of Evidence-Based Programs to Improve Parent and Child Mental Health
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2026-05-01
Completion Date
2027-07-31
Last Updated
2026-03-18
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Optimizing Responses with Collaborative Assessments-Automated (ORCA-A)
Participants will receive automated facilitation in the ORCA platform. This will entail prompts for group discussion based on group model building scripts and decision hygiene approaches proposed by Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein (2021). Participants will have the option of using these prompts to discuss ORCA results in group decision discussions. Optimizing Responses with Collaborative Assessments (ORCA) is a technical decision support tool based in multi-criteria decision analysis. Decision makers rate and compare evidence-based programs or other practices with ORCA, then prioritize practices for local implementation based on ORCA results. ORCA will be on a virtual platform to allow for web-based completion, automated analysis, and automated facilitation.
Optimizing Responses with Collaborative Assessments-Live (ORCA-L)
A facilitator will guide group decision discussions using group model building scripts and decision hygiene approaches proposed by Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein (2021). Facilitation will be either in-person or virtual, but occur "live" as in during real-time. Optimizing Responses with Collaborative Assessments (ORCA) is a technical decision support tool based in multi-criteria decision analysis. Decision makers rate and compare evidence-based programs or other practices with ORCA, then prioritize practices for local implementation based on ORCA results. ORCA will be on a virtual platform to allow for web-based completion, automated analysis, and automated facilitation.
Locations (1)
Chestnut Health Systems
Eugene, Oregon, United States