From Innovation to Implementation

The Long and Winding Road

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11054839
AutoresChristine Galavotti (Division of Reproductive Health U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta GA USA, autor correspondente), Anne Sebert Kuhlmann (0000-0001-7350-0186, Manila Consulting Group (United States)), Anne K Sebert Kuhlmann (MANILA Consulting Group, Inc. McLean VA USA), Joan Marie Kraft (Division of Reproductive Health U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta GA USA), Nicola Harford (Media Support Harare Zimbabwe), Joseph Petraglia (Global Health Communications Atlanta GA USA)
Ano2008
Volume41
Fascículo3-4
Páginas314-326
Data de publicação2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1007/s10464-008-9172-1
PMID18297390
OpenAlexW2067502454
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas15

Building on theory and past research, in early 2000 scientists in the Division of Reproductive Health developed a prevention innovation for CDC's Global AIDS Program for use in countries severely affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This innovative program model is called MARCH: Modeling and Reinforcement to Combat HIV/AIDS (Galavotti et al. Am J Public Health 91:1602–1607, 2001 ). MARCH promotes behavioral changes that reduce the risk of HIV infection and creates normative environments that sustain these changes through two key program components: entertainment‐education using mass media, particularly long‐running radio serial dramas, and reinforcement activities at the community level. Using the framework developed by Wandersman et al. (Am J Commun Psychol, 41(3–4), 2008), we describe the key elements of the MARCH prevention innovation and outline how we support its adaptation and implementation. We focus on the following questions: How do we get from an innovative model to effective program implementation in the field? How do we support implementation with fidelity when adaptation is required? And, once implemented, can we demonstrate fidelity of the adaptation to the original program model? Because our program model requires local adaptation for every instance of implementation, we suggest a potential enhancement to the Interactive Systems Framework—support for adaptation of the innovation—as part of the Prevention Support System. In this paper we describe how we supported adaptation of the radio serial drama component for unique contexts in several African countries. We focus attention on the tools and trainings we developed to build innovation specific capacity for implementation, including capacities for adaptation. We then present results of a qualitative analysis of scripts from the MARCH radio serial drama in Zimbabwe to assess the adapted program's fidelity to the original design of the innovation. Finally, we discuss lessons learned and explore implications for the field

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