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Table 4 Summary of FindHelpNowKY.org Development and Implementation Processes

From: Timely linkage of individuals to substance use disorder treatment: development, implementation, and evaluation of FindHelpNowKY.org

 

Planning phase

Preparation phase

Delivery phase

Recruit FindHelpNowKY.org Concept Development and Implementation Partners

- Identify state agency and organization partners

- Meet with senior agency and organization officials to obtain website development buy-in

- Obtain CDC NCIPC funding

- Develop website formative, process, and outcome evaluation plan

- Provide regular website development updates to partners and request feedback

- Partner approval of website design

- Pilot test website with partners before website release

- Obtain partner agreement on final website layout

- Develop website performance metrics

- Promote and disseminate website to development and implementation partners

- Obtain website feedback from partners

- Collect and analyze website evaluation data

Recruit SUD Treatment Facilities

- Develop criteria for SUD treatment facility listing on website

- Develop persuasive argument to obtain SUD treatment facility buy-in

- Hire SUD treatment facility recruitment staff

- Meet with DBHDID to obtain SUD treatment facility listings and DBHDID support for website

- Develop talking points for SUD treatment facility meetings

- Develop SUD treatment facility website application

- Identify key contacts for each SUD treatment facility

- Personally meet with SUD treatment facilities

- Collect and input SUD treatment facility applications into website

Develop FindHelpNowKY.org Website

- Identify website stakeholders

- Hire website developer

- Develop concept vision for website layout

- Develop requirements for core functionality, including subpages and analytics

- Design website prototype with adequate landing page appearance, GPS location of listed SUD treatment facilities, appropriate jargon, real-time availability measures, website use tracking, and analytics

- Hardware testing of website prototype

- Develop and pilot test website usability and focus group test questions

- Develop glossary of terms

- Conduct website usability and focus group testing with 10 groups

- Review usability and focus group testing results and revise website

- Develop final website ready for implementation

- Continually enhance user experience and functionality based on website use tracking and user feedback

- Solicit feedback from SUD treatment facilities on treatment availability functionality

Develop FindHelpNowKY.org Website Information Repository

- Identify website information repository audiences

- Familiarize staff with SAMHSA, NIDA, CDC, Justice and Public Safety, and NIOSH SUD treatment and prevention information

- Identify and meet with communications partner to develop SUD condensed target audience on-pagers

- Collate SUD information resources from SAMHSA, NIDA CDC, Justice and Public Safety, and NIOSH

- Decide on SUD prevention and treatment information topics

- Decide SUD prevention and treatment topics for comprehensive documents per audience type

- Decide on topics for condensed SUD prevention treatment, and recovery one-pagers and develop one-pagers

- Populate information repository with documents targeted to audience type

- Develop and populate information repository with 30 customized one-pagers at a 6th grade reading level

Implement FindHelpNowKY.org

- Identify state recognized champion to promote website

- Identification of website launch date based on website development, SUD treatment facility participation status, and partner availability

- Identify conferences and meetings to promote website to health and safety professionals

- Coordinate press conference with Governor’s office

- Develop press conference agenda with speakers

- Register for in-state health and safety professional conferences to promote the website

- Ongoing monitoring, quality assurance, and evaluation of website functionality

- Conduct press conference in collaboration with Governor Bevin, Commissioner for Public Health, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet secretary, and director of KIPRC

- Promote website at 20 conferences in year of website release

- statewide website promotional campaign