Prosper study of evidence‐based intervention implementation quality by community–university partnerships

Abstract

This study examined a community–university partnership model for sustained, high‐quality implementation of evidence‐based interventions. In the context of a randomized study, it assessed whether implementation quality for both family‐focused and school‐based universal interventions could be achieved and maintained through community–university partnerships. It also conducted exploratory analyses of factors influencing implementation quality. Results revealed uniformly high rates of both implementation adherence—averaging over 90%—and of other indicators of implementation quality for both family‐focused and school‐based interventions. Moreover, implementation quality was sustained across two cohorts. Exploratory analyses failed to reveal any significant correlates for family‐intervention implementation quality, but did show that some team and instructor characteristics were associated with school‐based implementation quality. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comm Psychol 35: 981–999, 2007.