Addressing Program Fidelity Using Onsite Observations and Program Provider Descriptions of Program Delivery

Autor/inn/en	Melde, Chris; Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Tusinski, Karin
Titel	Addressing Program Fidelity Using Onsite Observations and Program Provider Descriptions of Program Delivery
Quelle	In: Evaluation Review, 30 (2006) 6, S.714-740 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-841X
DOI	10.1177/0193841X06293412
Schlagwörter	Observation; Program Descriptions; Program Effectiveness; Program Implementation; Prevention; Victims of Crime; Data Collection; Intervention; Program Evaluation; Community Programs; Surveys; Delinquency; Formative Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Service Learning; Violence; Child Safety; Safety Education; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Beobachtung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Data capture; Datensammlung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Kriminalität; Service-Learning; Gewalt; Sicherheitserziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Over the past quarter-century, evaluation researchers have recognized the importance of documenting implementation practices of programs as they are transferred from controlled to real-world settings. As programs become widely disseminated in the general population, there is a tendency for practitioners to alter programs in a manner more conducive to their immediate needs, which may adversely affect program outcomes. The current paper uses findings from an ongoing evaluation of a school-based victimization prevention program to highlight some of the difficulties in maintaining a high degree of fidelity when providing prevention programming in a school-based setting. The results, based on observations of program delivery and program provider descriptions of implementation, allow for the examination of fidelity based on different data collection techniques. (Contains 3 tables and 11 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10