Table 2 Measurement of implementation outcomes for Partners in Care participants and peer educators

 Acceptability

Satisfaction, usefulness, applicability, and cultural appropriateness of intervention materials and content

4-item ranked questions

End of each of 12 classes

3 open-ended questions

End of each of 12 classes

Attendance

Beginning of each of 12 classes

Focus groups

End of final class in each site

 Adoption

Intention, initial decision, or action to try self-management behaviors

3 open-ended questions

End of each of 12 classes

Follow-up data collection

3-months post-baseline data collection

 Appropriateness

Perceived fit, relevance, or compatibility of the evidence- based practice for a given consumer

Participation and retention

Beginning of each of 12 classes

Focus groups

End of final class in each site

 Acceptability

Satisfaction with aspects of the intervention (e.g., content, complexity, comfort, delivery, and credibility)

Focus group

End of the final class

 Adoption

Intention, initial decision, or action to try an evidence-based practice; initial implementation

Delivery of intervention

Throughout intervention

 Appropriateness

Perceived fit, relevance, or compatibility of evidence-based practice in a given setting and/or perceived fit of the program to address a particular issue or problem

Focus group

End of final class

 Feasibility

Extent to which a new treatment or innovation can be successfully used or carried out within a given setting; enabling factors and challenges to implementation

Focus group

End of final class

 Fidelity

Degree to which an intervention was implemented as it was prescribed in the original protocol

Direct observation of peer educators by research staff

Throughout intervention

 Sustainability

Extent to which a newly implemented treatment is maintained or institutionalized within a community or service setting’s ongoing, stable operations

Peer educators, communication with adopters

Upon study completion