- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- 1 The Promise and Challenges of Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 2 Terminology for Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 3 Historical Roots of Dissemination and Implementation Science
- 4 Ethical Issues in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 5 The Conceptual Basis for Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 6 The Role of Economic Evaluation in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 7 Designing for Dissemination in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
- 8 The Role of Organizational Processes in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 9 Systems Thinking and Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 10 Systems Science Methods in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 11 Participatory Approaches for Study Design and Analysis in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 12 Enhancing Dissemination Though Marketing and Distribution Systems A Vision for Public Health
- 13 Design and Analysis in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 14 Measurement Issues in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 15 Implementation Strategies
- 16 Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination
- 17 Adaptation in Dissemination and Implementation Science
- 18 Furthering Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 19 Evaluation Approaches for Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 20 Mixed Methods Evaluation in Dissemination and Implementation Science
- 21 Dissemination and Implementation Research in Community and Public Health Settings
- 22 Dissemination and Implementation in Social Service Settings
- 23 Implementation Science in Health Care
- 24 Health Dissemination and Implementation Within Schools
- 25 Dissemination and Implementation Research in Worksites
- 26 Policy Dissemination Research
- 27 Dissemination and Implementation Research among Racial/Ethnic Minority and Other Vulnerable Populations
- 28 Dissemination and Implementation Research in a Global Context
- 29 Future Issues in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- Index
Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination
Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination
- Chapter:
- (p.267) 16 Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination
- Source:
- Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
- Author(s):
Jennifer D. Allen
Rachel C. Shelton
Karen M. Emmons
Laura A. Linnan
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
There is substantial variability in the implementation of evidence-based interventions across the United States, which leads to inconsistent access to evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies at a population level. Increased dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions could result in significant public health gains. While the availability of evidence-based interventions is increasing, study of implementation, adaptation, and dissemination has only recently gained attention in public health. To date, insufficient attention has been given to the issue of fidelity. Consideration of fidelity is necessary to balance the need for internal and external validity across the research continuum. There is also a need for a more robust literature to increase knowledge about factors that influence fidelity, strategies for maximizing fidelity, methods for measuring and analyzing fidelity, and examining sources of variability in implementation fidelity.
Keywords: adaptation, designing for dissemination, fidelity, implementation fidelity, research design
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- 1 The Promise and Challenges of Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 2 Terminology for Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 3 Historical Roots of Dissemination and Implementation Science
- 4 Ethical Issues in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 5 The Conceptual Basis for Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 6 The Role of Economic Evaluation in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 7 Designing for Dissemination in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
- 8 The Role of Organizational Processes in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 9 Systems Thinking and Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 10 Systems Science Methods in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 11 Participatory Approaches for Study Design and Analysis in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 12 Enhancing Dissemination Though Marketing and Distribution Systems A Vision for Public Health
- 13 Design and Analysis in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 14 Measurement Issues in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 15 Implementation Strategies
- 16 Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination
- 17 Adaptation in Dissemination and Implementation Science
- 18 Furthering Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 19 Evaluation Approaches for Dissemination and Implementation Research
- 20 Mixed Methods Evaluation in Dissemination and Implementation Science
- 21 Dissemination and Implementation Research in Community and Public Health Settings
- 22 Dissemination and Implementation in Social Service Settings
- 23 Implementation Science in Health Care
- 24 Health Dissemination and Implementation Within Schools
- 25 Dissemination and Implementation Research in Worksites
- 26 Policy Dissemination Research
- 27 Dissemination and Implementation Research among Racial/Ethnic Minority and Other Vulnerable Populations
- 28 Dissemination and Implementation Research in a Global Context
- 29 Future Issues in Dissemination and Implementation Research
- Index