title: Assessing fidelity of core components in a mindfulness and yoga intervention for urban youth: applying the CORE Process.
abstract: In the past years, the number of mindfulness-based intervention and prevention programs has increased steadily. In order to achieve the intended program outcomes, program implementers need to understand the essential and indispensable components that define a program's success. This chapter describes the complex process of identifying the core components of a mindfulness and yoga program for urban early adolescents through the systematic study of fidelity of implementation of the intervention. The authors illustrate the CORE Process [(C) Conceptualize Core Components; (O) Operationalize and measure; (R) Run analyses and Review implementation findings; and (E) Enhance and refine], based on data gained from a mindfulness and yoga intervention study conducted as a community-academic partnership in Baltimore city.
authors.affiliation: SERVE Center, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
authors.forename: Laura Feagans
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mendelson
authors.forename: Jacinda K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Dariotis
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ancona
authors.forename: Ali S R
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Andres A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Atman A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Mark T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D064866:Mindfulness / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014505:Urban Population; D015013:Yoga