There are no pre-implementation materials to measure organizational or provider readiness for Period of PURPLE Crying.

There is formal support available for implementation of Period of PURPLE Crying as listed below:

The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (NCSBS) has a designated PURPLE team to provide ongoing technical assistance to all partners implementing as well as leadership teams with jurisdiction-wide initiative and programs. The NCSBS provides support for program marketing, public education campaigns, unlimited access to online training modules, research, outreach, and customizations of design assets.

There are fidelity measures for Period of PURPLE Crying as listed below:

The evaluation tools are available upon request and consist of an implementation checklist, Public Health evaluation form, maternity nurse interview questions, public health nurse interview questions, and parent interview questions. A Fidelity Agreement is signed by both parties before program can be implemented.

There are implementation guides or manuals for Period of PURPLE Crying as listed below:

There is an implementation protocol, and a management guidebook as well as an implementation checklist that are available through the PURPLE team via email or phone. In addition, the complimentary Period of PURPLE Crying Program Implementation online training discusses in details implementation processes.

Research has been conducted on how to implement Period of PURPLE Crying as listed below:

Nocera, M., Shanahan, M., Murphy, R. A., Sullivan, K. M., Barr, M., Price, J., & Zolotor, A. (2016). A statewide nurse training program for a hospital based infant abusive head trauma prevention program. Nurse Education in Practice, 16(1), e1–e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2015.07.013