Implementation fidelity

Implementation fidelity (also called implementation integrity or treatment fidelity) is a concept in program evaluation determining the extent to which anyone using a research design was actually able to follow the methodology.

A project with high fidelity is performed as designed.^[1][2][3]

References

1. Carroll, Christopher; Patterson, Malcolm; Wood, Stephen; Booth, Andrew; Rick, Jo; Balain, Shashi (December 2007). "A conceptual framework for implementation fidelity". Implementation Science. 2 (1): 40. doi:10.1186/1748-5908-2-40. PMC 2213686.
2. Perepletchikova, Francheska (June 2011). "On the Topic of Treatment Integrity: COMMENTARIES ON BOND ET AL". Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. 18 (2): 148–153. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2850.2011.01246.x. PMC 3137485.
3. Schulte, Ann C.; Easton, Julia E.; Parker, Justin (1 December 2009). "Advances in treatment integrity research: Multidisciplinary perspectives on the conceptualization, measurement, and enhancement of treatment integrity". School Psychology Review. 38 (4): 460–475. ISSN 0279-6015.

Further consideration

• Measuring Implementation Fidelity, 2009
• Implementation fidelity, 2015
• Working with Practitioners to Develop Measures of Implementation Fidelity, 2018