title: Using data to improve fidelity when implementing evidence-based programs.
abstract: In fall 2011, the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (SC Campaign), with funding from Office of Adolescent Health, began replicating an evidence-based curriculum, It's Your Game, Keep It Real in 12 middle schools across South Carolina. Fidelity of the curriculum was monitored by the use of lesson fidelity logs completed by curriculum facilitators and lesson observation logs submitted by independent classroom observers. These data were monitored weekly to identify possible threats to fidelity. The innovative model Fidelity Through Informed Technical Assistance and Training was developed by SC Campaign to react to possible fidelity threats in real time, through a variety of technical assistance modalities. Fidelity Through Informed Technical Assistance and Training guided the 55 hours of technical assistance delivered by the SC Campaign during the first year of It's Your Game, Keep It Real implementation to 18 facilitators across 12 SC middle schools, and achieved 98.4% curriculum adherence and a high quality of implementation scores.
authors.affiliation: South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Columbia, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kershner
authors.affiliation: South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Columbia, South Carolina. Electronic address: SFlynn@teenpregnancysc.org.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.affiliation: South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Columbia, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.affiliation: ETR Associates, Scotts Valley, California.
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.affiliation: South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Columbia, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Craft
authors.affiliation: South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Columbia, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Forrest
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003479:Curriculum; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006290:Health Planning Technical Assistance / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D013022:South Carolina
keywords: Fidelity monitoring; Implementation science; School-based programs; Teen pregnancy prevention