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Overview

Shannon Dorsey is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States, contributing extensively to the fields of psychology and health professions. Their research outputs encompass a significant body of work focused on implementation science, mental health treatment, and child and adolescent development.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Health Professions

Within these areas, they have contributed to several specialized subfields, particularly:

  • General Health Professions
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

The primary topics addressed in their research include:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Community Health and Development
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Shannon Dorsey has published articles in multiple research venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Implementation Research and Practice
  • Implementation Science Communications
  • Implementation Science
  • The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
  • JMIR Formative Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Noah S. Triplett (21 joint publications)
  • Rosemary D. Meza (11 joint publications)
  • Rashed AlRasheed (10 joint publications)
  • Prerna Martin (8 joint publications)
  • Michael D. Pullmann (8 joint publications)

Notable recent papers by Shannon Dorsey are:

  • "Effectiveness of Task-Shifted Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Who Experienced Parental Death and Posttraumatic Stress in Kenya and Tanzania," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Advancing successful implementation of task-shifted mental health care in low-resource settings (BASIC): protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial," 2020, BMC Psychiatry

Other significant papers connected to implementation science and behavioral health, authored by collaborators and relevant to their research network, include:

  • "Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem," 2022, Implementation Science
  • "The Cognitive Walkthrough for Implementation Strategies (CWIS): a pragmatic method for assessing implementation strategy usability," 2021, Implementation Science Communications
  • "The relationship between first-level leadership and inner-context and implementation outcomes in behavioral health: a scoping review," 2021, Implementation Science

Best Publications

  • Family communication about sex: what are parents saying and are their adolescents listening?

    Kim S. Miller;Beth A. Kotchick;Shannon Dorsey;Rex Forehand

  • A Common Elements Treatment Approach for Adult Mental Health Problems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries ☆ ☆☆

    Laura K. Murray;Shannon Dorsey;Emily Haroz;Catherine Lee

  • Building capacity in mental health interventions in low resource countries: an apprenticeship model for training local providers

    Laura K. Murray;Shannon Dorsey;Paul Bolton;Mark J. D. Jordans

  • A transdiagnostic community-based mental health treatment for comorbid disorders: development and outcomes of a randomized controlled trial among Burmese refugees in Thailand.

    Paul Bolton;Catherine Lee;Emily E. Haroz;Laura Murray

  • Unique and Protective Contributions of Parenting and Classroom Processes to the Adjustment of African American Children Living in Single‐Parent Families

    Gene H. Brody;Shannon Dorsey;Rex Forehand;Lisa Armistead

  • Adolescent sexual risk-taking behavior in single-parent ethnic minority families.

    Beth A. Kotchick;Shannon Dorsey;Kim S. Miller;Rex Forehand

  • Evidence Base Update for Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Traumatic Events

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  • Predictors of parenting among African American single mothers: Personal and contextual factors

    Beth A. Kotchick;Shannon Dorsey;Laurie Heller

  • Current Status and Evidence Base of Training for Foster and Treatment Foster Parents.

    Shannon Dorsey;Elizabeth M.Z. Farmer;Richard P. Barth;Kaylin M. Greene

  • Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Among Trauma-Affected Children in Lusaka, Zambia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Laura K. Murray;Stephanie Skavenski;Jeremy C. Kane;John Mayeya

  • Community-based mental health treatments for survivors of torture and militant attacks in Southern Iraq: a randomized control trial.

    William M. Weiss;Laura K. Murray;Goran Abdulla Sabir Zangana;Zayan Mahmooth

  • Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem

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  • Show Me, Don't Tell Me: Behavioral Rehearsal as a Training and Analogue Fidelity Tool.

    Rinad S. Beidas;Wendi Cross;Shannon Dorsey

  • Proceedings from the 9th annual conference on the science of dissemination and implementation

    David Chambers;Lisa Simpson;Felicia Hill-Briggs;Gila Neta

  • Engaging foster parents in treatment: a randomized trial of supplementing trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with evidence-based engagement strategies.

    Shannon Dorsey;Michael D. Pullmann;Lucy Berliner;Elizabeth Koschmann

  • Prior Trauma Exposure for Youth in Treatment Foster Care.

    Shannon Dorsey;Barbara J. Burns;Dannia G. Southerland;Julia Revillion Cox

  • Parenting Self-Efficacy of HIV-Infected Mothers: The Role of Social Support

    Shannon Dorsey;Karla Klein;Rex Forehand

  • Improving practice in community-based settings: a randomized trial of supervision - study protocol.

    Shannon Dorsey;Michael D Pullmann;Esther Deblinger;Lucy Berliner

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents

    Shannon Dorsey;Ernestine C. Briggs;Briana A. Woods

  • The Relation of Social Capital to Child Psychosocial Adjustment Difficulties: The Role of Positive Parenting and Neighborhood Dangerousness

    Shannon Dorsey;Rex Forehand

  • Individual and organizational factors that affect implementation of evidence-based practices for children with autism in public schools: a cross-sectional observational study

    Jill Locke;Gwendolyn M. Lawson;Rinad S. Beidas;Gregory A. Aarons

  • Identification, modification, and implementation of an evidence-based psychotherapy for children in a low-income country: the use of TF-CBT in Zambia

    Laura K Murray;Shannon Dorsey;Stephanie Skavenski;Margaret Kasoma

  • Intensive home and community interventions

    Elizabeth M.Z. Farmer;Shannon Dorsey;Sarah A. Mustillo

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucy Berliner
Lucy Berliner University of Washington
Rex Forehand
Rex Forehand University of Vermont
Rinad S. Beidas
Rinad S. Beidas University of Pennsylvania
Esther Deblinger
Esther Deblinger Rowan University
David S. Mandell
David S. Mandell University of Pennsylvania
Gene H. Brody
Gene H. Brody University of Georgia
Jill Locke
Jill Locke University of Washington
Judith K. Bass
Judith K. Bass Johns Hopkins University
Lisa Armistead
Lisa Armistead Georgia State University
Judith A. Cohen
Judith A. Cohen Allegheny General Hospital

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