Marquita W. Lewis|Andrea Cherrington|Christopher Gamboa|Jewell H. Halanych|Michelle Y. Martin|Monika M. Safford
Assessing Peer Advisor Intervention Fidelity Using Video Skits in a Peer Support Implementation Trial
University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham
communitybased interventions involving lay health workers community health workers peerclient interactions typically observed investigators creating challenges assessing intervention fidelity context communitybased randomized controlled trial effectiveness peer support diabetes outcomes people diabetes rural alabama region characterized poverty low literacy developed video assessment tool assessed participant perceptions peerclient interactions video assessment consisted four short skits areas emphasis peer training directive versus nondirective counseling style setting specific versus general goal video tool evaluated association questionnairederived measures counseling style goal setting among 102 participants counseling style 44 participants reported peer advisor similar nondirective skit goal setting 42 reported peer advisor similar specific goal skit statistically significant relationship skit selection questionnairederived measures video assessment feasible results suggest video questionnaire assessments population yield different results validation better understand differences questionnaire reports video assessment warranted