Model and approach for assessing implementation context and fidelity in the HEALing Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the U.S. opioid epidemic, the HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-term^SM) Communities Study (HCS) is a multisite, wait-listed, community-level cluster-randomized trial that aims to test the novel Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention, in 67 communities. CTH will expand an integrated set of evidence-based practices (EBPs) across health care, behavioral health, justice, and other community-based settings to reduce opioid overdose deaths. We present the rationale for and adaptation of the RE-AIM/PRISM framework and methodological approach used to capture the CTH implementation context and to evaluate implementation fidelity.

Methods

HCS measures key domains of the internal and external CTH implementation context with repeated annual su

SUBMITTER: Knudsen HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7531282 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature