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The Fidelity—Adaptation Relationship in Non-Evidence-Based Programs and its Implication for Program Evaluation

Western Michigan University, USA, shen{at}wmich.edu

Huilan Yang

W. K. Kellogg Foundation, USA, hy1{at}wkkf.org

Honggao Cao

Wells Fargo Diversified Products Group, USA, honggao.cao{at}wellsfargo.com

Charles Warfield

Western Michigan University, USA, charles.warfield{at}wmich.edu

Based on our experience in helping design, implement, and evaluate a non-evidence-based program, we explore a non-conventional fidelity and adaptation relationship and its implications for program evaluation.We find that in non-evidence-based interventions, program fidelity and adaptation may not be competitors but serve to complement each other.This non-conventional relationship leads to expanded roles of evaluation in program design and implementation.

Key Words: fidelity and adaptation • non-evidence-based program • process evaluation • program evaluation

Evaluation, Vol. 14, No. 4, 467-481 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1356389008095488


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