The effects of teacher fidelity of implementation of pathways to health on student outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has demonstrated the importance of ensuring that programs are implemented as intended by program developers in order to achieve desired program effects. The current study examined implementation fidelity of Pathways to Health (Pathways), a newly developed obesity prevention program for fourth- through sixth-grade children. We explored the associations between self-reported and observed implementation fidelity scores and whether implementation fidelity differed across the first 2 years of program implementation. Additionally, we examined whether implementation fidelity affected program outcomes and whether teacher beliefs were associated with implementation fidelity. The program was better received, and implementation fidelity had more effects on program outcomes in fifth

SUBMITTER: Little MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4111782 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature