Fact Sheet - How Does the Prevention Services Clearinghouse Determine Which Studies Are Reviewed?, Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0

Publication Date: November 15, 2024
How Does the Prevention Services Clearinghouse Determine Which Studies Are Reviewed?, Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0

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Introduction

Research Questions

  1. Which studies are eligible for review by the Clearinghouse?
  2. What are common reasons that studies are not eligible for review?

The Prevention Services Clearinghouse conducts objective, independent, and transparent reviews of research on programs and services intended to provide enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements. This Fact Sheet overviews how the Clearinghouse determines whether a study of a particular program or service is eligible for review. This Fact Sheet has been updated to reflect the Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0. 

Purpose

This Fact Sheet describes how the Clearinghouse determines whether a study of a particular program or service is eligible for review and identifies common reasons that studies are not eligible for review. 

Citation

Jackson, C., Wilson, S. J., & Glenn, M. (2024). How Does the Prevention Services Clearinghouse Determine Which Studies Are Reviewed?, Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0, OPRE Report 2024-XXX, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

Glossary

Intervention Condition:
The set of services offered to study participants, inclusive of, but not necessarily limited to, those related to the program or service under review.
Minimal Intervention Comparison Condition:
Minimal intervention conditions are those in which participants are offered minimal or limited services. These individuals may receive handouts, referrals to available services, or similar nominal interventions.
No Intervention Comparison Condition:
No intervention comparison conditions are those in which the participants are offered no services. Participants may be placed on a waiting list for future services or be offered no services as part of the study.
Quasi-Experimental Design (QED):
A study in which units are assigned to intervention and comparison conditions via a non-random process.
Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT):
A study in which units are assigned to intervention and comparison conditions via a random process (e.g., a lottery).
Study:
One research investigation of a defined subject sample, and the interventions, measures, and statistical analyses applied to that sample. Sometimes study results are reported in more than one document, or a single document reports results from separate studies.
Treatment as Usual Comparison Condition:
Treatment as usual comparison conditions are those in which the participants are offered or are free to seek out the usual or typical services available for the population in the study.
Head-to-head Comparisons:
Participants are assigned to another intervention that is not a variant of the program or service under review and does not meet the criteria for treatment as usual.