Table 5.

Perceptions of fidelity among 48 agencies that adapted the intervention and 45 agencies that implemented the intervention with fidelity

	Adapted (n = 48)		Fidelity (n =45)
	N	%	N	%	X2
Funded by CDC	20	43	24	55	4.0
Funded by Ryan White	40	83	35	78	1.7
I believe it is important to implement DEBI programs, exactly as implemented by the original researchers	22	46	27	60	1.9
The State Health Department tells agencies to implement DEBI programs exactly as the original researchers implemented	34	72	39	87	2.9
The CDC tells agencies to implement DEBI programs exactly as did the original researchers	38	84	37	82	0.1
Agencies should remove activities from a DEBI program to make it fit their community	31	65	21	47	3.0
Agencies should make up new activities for a DEBI program to make it fit their community	37	77	30	67	1.3
Our agency is not allowed to be creative anymore because of the DEBIs	10	21	16	36	2.5
Services are improved by evidence-based programs like DEBIs.	46	98	41	91	2.0
Our agency has difficulty finding evidence-based programs, like DEBIs, that fit our community	27	56	15	33	4.9*
I believe that AIDS prevention is better now because of the DEBI programs	35	75	29	66	0.5

Note: DEBI = Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions program, CDC;

^*p < .05