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Adaptation, Fidelity, and Tailoring Workgroup (AFT)

The Adaptation, Fidelity, and Tailoring Workgroup began in January 2016 as part of the VA Implementation Research Group. We currently have over 200 national and international members from different disciplines.

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This workgroup is co-led by Borsika Rabin and Russell Glasgow and meets monthly to discuss topics related to adaptation, fidelity, and tailoring with attention to clinical application. These discussions include 1) how to define interventions and implementation strategies as well as 2) how to describe and document adaptations.

 We welcome all who are interested and invite those interested to become a member!

About Us

Meet the Team

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Borsika Rabin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Pharm.D. 

Associate Professor, UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science

Co-Director, UC San Diego ACTRI Dissemination and Implementation Science Center (DISC)

Co-Leader, Adaptation, Fidelity, & Tailoring Workgroup

 barabin@ucsd.edu

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Russell Glasgow, PhD

Research Professor, Department of Family Medicine University of Colorado

Director, ACCORDS Dissemination and Implementation Science (D&I) Program

Co-Leader, Adaptation, Fidelity, & Tailoring Workgroup

Russell.Glasgow@cuanschutz.edu

 

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Kera Swanson, MPH

UC San Diego ACTRI DISC Manger

Administrative Manager of Adaptation, Fidelity, & Tailoring Workgroup

knswanson@health.ucsd.edu

Events

Upcoming Events

May AFT Meeting
  • May 13th, 2024
  • Presenter: Dr. Monica Perez-Jolles
  • Topic: Alignment of complex interventions with local contexts with an equity, systems, and co-creation focus

June AFT Meeting

TBD

July-August

  • Summer break, no meetings

September AFT Meeting

  • September 16th, 2024
  • Presenter: Julia Moore, PhD
  • Map2Adapt (with a free interactive tool)

Recordings of Past Events

 

Date

Presenter

Topic

Presentation

April 8th, 2024

Dave Buller, PhD

Adaptation of an evidence-based occupational sun safety program for underserved outdoor workers

Recording

Slides

March 11th, 2024

Ana Baumann, PhD

JD Smith, PhD

Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman, PhD

Using FRAME to code equity-oriented adaptations

Recording

Chat

Slides

February 12th, 2024 Prajakta Adsul, PhD

It takes two (fidelity and adaptation) to tango: Shimmying our way to Sustainability

Recording

Chat

Slides

January 8th, 2024 Aaron Kruse-Diehr, PhD

Using the practical, robust implementation and sustainability model (PRISM) to identify implementation determinants of a statewide diabetes learning collaborative in Kentucky

Recording

Chat

Slides

December 18th, 2023 Russ Glasgow, PhD

Discussion of 16th annual D&I Conference

Recording

Chat

November 13th, 2023 Elvin Geng, MD, MPH

On-the-Go Adaptation of Implementation Approaches and Strategies in Health: Emerging Perspectives and Research Opportunities

Recording

October 16th, 2023 Salva Balbale, PhD

A mixed-method approach to generate and deliver rapid-cycle evaluation feedback: lessons learned from a multicenter implementation trial in pediatric surgery

Recording

Slides

September 11, 2023  Felipe Castro, PhD MSW

Cultural Adaptations and Cultural Factors in EBI Implementation with Latinx Communities

Recording

Slides

June 12, 2023 Thomas Engell, PhD   Common Elements Approaches to Implementation Research and Practice: Methods and Integration with Intervention Science

Recording

Slides

 

May 8, 2023 Roman Ayele, PhD, MPH; Cathy Battaglia, PhD, MSHA, RN; Marina McCreight, MPH; and Borsika Rabin, PhD, MPH, PharmD

 

Public Health's Special Research Topic “Understanding, Assessing, and Guiding Adaptations in Public Health and Health Systems Interventions: Current and Future Directions”

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April 10, 2023

 

Kelly Aschbrenner, PhD (Presenter) & Stephen Bartels, MD, MS (Discussant)

 

Applying user centered design to improve the usability of a stakeholder engaged, data-driven and equity-centered adaptation process

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March 13, 2023

 

Juliane Mielke, PhD

 

Methodological approaches to study context in intervention implementation studies: An evidence gap map

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February 13, 2023

 

Presentation 1:

Dr. Elizabeth Weybright

Dr. Brittany Cooper

 

Presentation 2:

Dr. Jacob Szeszulski

 

 

 

Presentation 1: Planning and testing program adaptations in community settings: A case study of the Strengthening Families Program 10-14 cannabis adaptation process

Presentation 2: Using Evidence-Based Intervention (EBI) mapping to adapt a nutrition, physical activity, and Civic Engagement Youth Curricula

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January 9, 2023

 

Dr. Borsika Rabin & Dr. Russell Glasgow

 

Discussion of 15th Annual D&I Conference Click here to access the recording!

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