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Joakim Finne^1,2, Maria Ekre¹, Kjersti S Wiggen¹

¹Work Research Institute (AFI), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

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Summary

Evaluating the Family Partner intervention for child maltreatment showed generally met components, but timely home visits were missed. Robust fidelity measures are crucial for complex interventions before large trials.

Keywords:

Implementation fidelity child maltreatment prevention early intervention family support services home-visiting intervention parenting skills public health intervention service coordination

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Area of Science:

Child Welfare Research
Intervention Science
Implementation Science

Background:

Child maltreatment remains a significant public health concern.
Home-visiting interventions show promise in supporting families with complex needs.
Effective implementation is key to intervention success.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the implementation fidelity of the Family Partner home-visiting intervention.
To identify challenges and successes in delivering the intervention to families with complex support needs.
To inform future evaluations of similar interventions.

Main Methods:

Utilized self-reported routine data from 1657 intervention reports across 19 families.
Conducted five in-depth qualitative interviews and two focus groups with practitioners.
Employed descriptive analysis for quantitative data and thematic analysis for qualitative data.

Main Results:

Most critical components of the Family Partner intervention were met.
A key exception was the adherence to conducting three home visits within the first 10 days.
Challenges in the quality and structure of practitioner-reported data impacted fidelity assessment.

Conclusions:

Developing robust implementation fidelity measures early in pilot testing is essential.
Predefined fidelity measures are necessary for strengthening the evaluation of complex interventions.
Findings highlight the need for rigorous evaluation before scaling up interventions.