Translating PEARLS: Lessons Learned from Providers and Participants

Frontiers in Public Health

Mark B. Snowden¹ 

关键词: evidence-based programs;    RE-AIM;    dissemination;    implementation;    depression;    healthy aging;    community-based;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2014.00256

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) began 15 years ago when the director of our local area agency on aging (AAA) approached the University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC). She was looking for a way to serve older adults with depression, including those served by the agency’s home and community-based services (HCBS) program. Depression in this population is high, when we analyzed data from 16,032 elders receiving HCBS in Washington State in 2005, two-thirds met criteria for clinical depression (1). This partnership between the university and local aging service providers created PEARLS, a brief, home-based program to teach people tools to effectively tackle the things in their lives that overwhelm them, and to in turn, improve their depressive symptoms. These tools include a seven-step approach to problem-solving and action planning to increase physical, social, and pleasant activities. PEARLS is a structured intervention delivered in 6 to 8 one-hour visits over the course of a 4- to 5-month period. Sessions are tapered from weekly to monthly to give participants an opportunity to practice and learn the skills. More information about the program can be found at www.pearlsprogram.org.

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