Abstract
Treatment fidelity refers to the methodological strategies used to monitor and enhance the reliability and validity of behavioral interventions. This article describes a multisite effort by the Treatment Fidelity Workgroup of the National Institutes of Health Behavior Change Consortium (BCC) to identify treatment fidelity concepts and strategies in health behavior intervention research. The work group reviewed treatment fidelity practices in the research literature, identified techniques used within the BCC, and developed recommendations for incorporating these practices more consistently. The recommendations cover study design, provider training, treatment delivery, treatment receipt, and enactment of treatment skills. Funding agencies, reviewers, and journal editors are encouraged to make treatment fidelity a standard part of the conduct and evaluation of health behavior intervention research.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 443-451 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Health Psychology |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2004 |
Keywords
- Health behavior
- Reliability
- Translational research
- Treatment fidelity
- Validity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health