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Implementation fidelity in community‐based interventions

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Implementation fidelity is the degree to which an intervention is delivered as intended and is critical to successful translation of evidence-based interventions into practice. Diminished fidelity may be why interventions that work well in highly controlled trials may fail to yield the same outcomes when applied in real life contexts. The purpose of this paper is to define implementation fidelity and describe its importance for the larger science of implementation, discuss data collection methods and current efforts in measuring implementation fidelity in community-based prevention interventions, and present future research directions for measuring implementation fidelity that will advance implementation science.

Source: Research in Nursing & Health

DOI: 10.1002/nur.20373

Authors: Susan M. Breitenstein, Deborah Gross, Christine A. Garvey, Carri Hill, Louis Fogg, Barbara Resnick

Institutions: Rush University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Maryland, College Park

Language: English

Topic: Health Policy Implementation Science

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institute of Nursing Research