On September 2013, the implementation phase began. During the implementation phase, barriers regarding community access were encountered caused by the nature of some communities. IRB was amended to include other communities and to increase sample size. We also faced challenges in the facilitation of the intervention due to conflicts of the research assistants’ academic schedules but were solved by requesting support from OCRE. Lastly, challenges on how the newly trained facilitator implemented the curriculum including lack of adherence to curriculum content in some sessions and how to handle the closing session of the first intervention groups were encountered. Facilitator and researchers assistants received constant training on how to implement and facilitate the intervention and on how to handle other research activities such as complexity of the coding system. Despite the fact, we developed a common language and a work pace that helped us manage all the challenges that emerged. Table 1 illustrates barriers and solutions encountered during this partnership period.
