... facilitators might ask parents if they had discussed behavioral consequences that week (activity 1); how they showed love to their child (activity 2); and whether they held a family meeting (activity 3). Each session contains somewhere between 30 and 98 separate activities. Using the fidelity form created...

...William B. Hansen; Cady Berkel; Velma McBride Murry; Kathryn J. Roulston; Gene H. Brody Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of considering both fidelity and adaptation in assessing the implementation of evidence‐based programs. Design/methodology/approach...

...William B. Hansen; William B. Hansen Purpose The editorial aims to provide a brief overview of the individual contributions to this special issue, and a commentary on the contributions in terms of their contribution to the broader issue relating fidelity and adaptation to health promotion research...

...William B. Hansen; Melissa A. Little; Steven Sussman; Ping Sun; Louise A. Rohrbach Purpose The current study aims to examine the influence of contextual and provider‐level factors on the implementation fidelity of a research‐based substance abuse prevention program. Also, it aims to investigate...

..., neutral or negative, failed to have as many students remain non‐drug users. Measures of fidelity, including quality of delivery and teacher understanding, were related to valence of adaptations, with better performance related to making positive adaptations. Practical implications Through training...

... to understand the function of each component, so they can execute them with fidelity and thus contribute to rigorous implementation of the health‐promoting school initiative. Oddrun Samdal can be contacted at: Oddrun.samdal@psyhp.uib.no © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 The literature...