The Delphi Process

Consensus-Building

1) Recruit panel members who are researchers, mental health clinicians, and community members

2) Initial guidelines will be sent to panel in survey format

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3) The panel will rate the guidelines through the survey

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4) The study team will revise the guidelines based on feedback from the panel

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5) Steps 3 and 4 are repeated two more times

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6) The final guidelines will be developed based on the panel feedback

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Decision Matrix

We will use the matrix below to decide whether to include or discard guidelines as we move through the Delphi process.

*If a statement was re-rated in round 2 and again failed to achieve a consensus between 80-100% of each group, it will then be excluded.