Adaptation, Fidelity, and Tailoring Workgroup (AFT)

Meet the Team

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

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@health.ucsd.edu

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

 

Kera Swanson, MPH

UC San Diego ACTRI CEDI and DISC Manager

Doctoral Student,UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science

Administrative Manager of Adaptation, Fidelity, & Tailoring Workgroup

knswanson@health.ucsd.edu

Upcoming Events

2026

• June AFT Meeting
  • June 8, 2026
  • Topic: Using multi-method approaches to document and assess adaptations in a community driven COVID-19 testing program
  • Presenter: Linda Salgin, PhD
• July-August No AFT Meetings
• September AFT Meeting
  • September 14, 2026
  • Topic: Using a rapid qualitative approach to inform iterative planning and adaptation
  • Presenters: Sarah Brewer, PhD, MPA, Julia Reedy MA, Nicole Wagner, PhD
• October AFT Meeting
  • October 5, 2026 (moved to accommodate Indigenous Peoples' Day)
  • Topic: Ongoing tailoring of implementation strategies (title to be finalized)
  • Presenters: Kathrin Blum (PhD Candidate) & Bianca Albers, PhD
• November AFT Meeting
  • November 9, 2026
  • Topic: Photovoice, Ripple Effect Mapping, and other innovative participatory approaches to inform implementation (title to be finalized)
  • Presenter: Margaret McGladrey, PhD
• December AFT Meeting
  • December 14, 2026
  • Topic: The Consolidated Approach to Intervention Adaptation (CLARION): Developing and undertaking an empirically and theoretically driven intervention adaptation
  • Presenter: Lydia Ould Brahim (PhD Candidate in Nursing at McGill University

Adaptation, Fidelity, & Tailoring Resources

• Guiding, Documenting, Assessing Adaptations Across the Life Cycle of a Project
  • Borsika A. Rabin, PhD, MPH, PharmD
  • Penn CFAR Implementation Science Core Presentation

• Adapting Public Health and Health Services Interventions in Diverse, Real-World Settings: Documentation and Iterative Guidance of Adaptations

  • Borsika A. Rabin, Kelli L Cain, & Russell E Glasgow

  • Published December 2024

• Adaptation Interview Guide

• The Application and Evolution of the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM): History and Innovations

  • Authors: Russell E. Glasgow, Katy E. Trinkley, Bryan Ford, & Borsika Rabin

  • Published August 2024

• Use of the iPRISM webtool in a learning community to assess implementation context and fit of a novel clinical decision support tool for physical therapy triage in acute care hospitals

  • Authors: Joshua K. Johnson, Jennifer L. Sullivan, Katy E. Trinkley, Brittany Lapin, Sandra Passek, Valerie Asp, Bryan Ford, Borsika A. Rabin

  • Published June 2024

• Usability Testing of a Web Tool for Dissemination and Implementation Science Models

  • Authors: Rebekah Natalie Gomes, Bryan S. Ford, Rachel G. Tabak, Ross C. Brownson, Sara Malone, Maggie Padek, Russell E. Glasgow, & Borsika Rabin

  • Published May 2024

• RE-AIM for rural health innovations: perceptions of (mis) alignment between the RE-AIM framework and evaluation reporting in the Department of Veterans Affairs Enterprise-Wide Initiatives program

  • Emily E. Chasco, Jennifer Van Tiem, Nicole Johnson, Erin Balkenende, Melissa Steffen, DeShauna Jones, Julia E. Friberg, Kenda Steffensmeier, Jane Moeckli, Kanika Arora, Borsika Adrienn Rabin, Heather Schacht Reisinger

  • Published April 2024

• An implementation strategy postmortem method developed in the VA rural Transitions Nurse Program to inform spread and scale-up

  • Heather Gilmartin, Christine Jones, Mary Nunnery, Chelsea Leonard, Brigid Connelly, Ashlea Wills, Lynette Kelley, Borsika Rabin, Robert E Burke

  • Published March 2024

• Evidence on the Effectiveness of Implementation Strategies: A Landscape Review

  • Healthcare providers and systems use an array of implementation strategies to incorporate evidence-based practices into routine care, but navigating the evidence for these strategies can be challenging. Under contract with PCORI, a team of investigators from the RAND Corporation completed a landscape review of evidence for these implementation strategies, identifying implementation strategies with the strongest evidence of effectiveness. This resource can inform efforts by practitioners and others to select strategies for effectively implementing evidence-based practices into care delivery

• The core functions and forms paradigm throughout EPIS: designing and implementing an evidence-based practice with function fidelity

  • Alec Terrana, Clare Viglione, Kyung Rhee, Borsika Rabin, Job Godino, Gregory A. Aarons, Jessica Chapman, Blanca Melendrez, Margarita Holguin, Liliana Osorio, Pradeep Gidwani, Cynthia Juarez Nunez, Gary Firestein, & Eric Hekler

  • Published January 2024

• The Annotated Adaptation Reading List

  • Originally compiled by Ana A. Baumann, Borsika Rabin, Shannon Wiltsey Stirman and Christopher J. Miller November 2020 and updated by Borsika Rabin in May and December 2022

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

  • Elvin H. Geng, Aaloke Mody, and Byron J. Powell

  • Published April 2023

• Understanding, Assessing, and Guiding Adaptations in Public Health and Health Systems Interventions: Current and Future Directions 

  • Special Research Topic Frontiers in Public Health Editors: Dr. Roman Ayele, Dr. Catherine Battaglia, Marina McCreight, & Dr. Borsika RabinThe goal of this Research Topic is to highlight cutting-edge work on understanding, assessing, and guiding adaptations, and explore future directions. We are interested in work that addresses adaptations in a variety of contexts. 

  • Access the complete collection here