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ArticleGlobal implementation research and applications2024

The Case for Assessing and Reporting on Facilitator Fidelity: Introducing the Fidelity of Implementation in Parenting Programs Guideline.

Mackenzie Martin, Yulia Shenderovich, E B Caron, Justin D Smith, Godfrey Siu, Susan M Breitenstein

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Article in Global implementation research and applications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Stability Amidst Change in the Measurement of Implementation Fidelity Over Time.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
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6 authors.

Mackenzie MartinDepartment of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3202-3800
Yulia ShenderovichWolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0254-3397
E B CaronDepartment of Psychology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3717-2979
Justin D SmithDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3264-8082
Godfrey SiuChild Health and Development Centre, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Susan M BreitensteinCollege of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3081-5038

Funding

Parent training for parents of toddlers born very premature: A factorial design to test web delivery and telephone coachingR01HD104072 · NICHD · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BREITENSTEIN, SUSAN M · 2021 to 2025
$3.0M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS U18 DP006255NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD104072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sizeable body of evidence indicating that parenting programs have a positive impact on children and families highlights the potential public health benefits of their implementation on a large scale. Despite evidence and global attention, beyond the highly controlled delivery of parenting programs via randomized trials, little is known about program effectiveness or how to explain the poorer results commonly observed when implemented in community settings. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers must work together to identify what is needed to spur adoption and sustainment of evidence-based parenting programs in real-world service systems and how to enhance program effectiveness when delivered via these systems. Collecting, analyzing, and using facilitator fidelity data is an important frontier through which researchers and practitioners can contribute. In this commentary, we outline the value of assessing facilitator fidelity and utilizing the data generated from these assessments; describe gaps in research, knowledge, and practice; and recommend directions for research and practice. In making recommendations, we describe a collaborative process to develop a preliminary guideline-the Fidelity of Implementation in Parenting Programs Guideline or FIPP-to use when reporting on facilitator fidelity. Readers are invited to complete an online survey to provide comments and feedback on the first draft of the guideline. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43477-023-00092-5.

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CommentaryFidelityImplementationParentingReportingScale

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PMCPMC10873439

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