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The assessment, monitoring, and enhancement of treatment fidelity in public health clinical trials

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Borrelli, Belinda·2011·Journal of Public Health Dentistry

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Objectives: To discuss methods of preservation of treatment fidelity in health behavior change trials conducted in public health contexts. Methods: The treatment fidelity framework provided by the National Institutes of Health's Behavioral Change Consortium includes five domains of treatment fidelity (Study Design, Training, Delivery, Receipt, and Enactment). A measure of treatment fidelity was previously developed and validated using these categories. Results: Strategies for assessment, monitoring, and enhancing treatment fidelity within each of the five treatment fidelity domains are discussed. The previously created measure of treatment fidelity is updated to include additional items on selecting providers, additional confounders, theory testing, and multicultural considerations. Conclusions: Implementation of a treatment fidelity plan may require extra staff time and costs. However, the economic and scientific costs of lack of attention to treatment fidelity are far greater than the costs of treatment fidelity implementation. Maintaining high levels of treatment fidelity with flexible adaptation according to setting, provider, and patient is the goal for public health trials.

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Authors
Borrelli, B.
Affiliations
Brown University (US)
Corresponding author
Borrelli, Belinda
Venue
Journal of Public Health Dentistry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-01
Volume
71
Issue
s1
Pages
S52-63
ISSN
  • 0022-4006 (ISSN-L)
  • 1752-7325
OpenAlex
W1900001422
Cited by
970
References
49
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FWCI
41.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Public Health Dentistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U54DE019275)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
Keywords
intervention fidelity, health behavior change interventions, intervention delivery, provider training, theory testing, multicultural considerations

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