Professionals' management of the fidelity-adaptation dilemma in the use of evidence-based interventions-an intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-based interventions (EBIs) can be effective tools for the prevention of disease and health promotion. However, their implementation often requires a delicate balance between the need to adjust the intervention to the context in which it is implemented and the need to keep the core components that make the intervention effective. This so-called dilemma between fidelity and adaptation is often handled by health professionals in the sustainment phase of an implementation (i.e., once the intervention has been adopted and institutionalized in an organization), but not much is known about how and to what extent health professionals are affected by this dilemma. Focusing on the sustainment phase, this project aims to study (1) how fidelity and adaptation are managed by

SUBMITTER: von Thiele Schwarz U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7962232 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature