Examining Intervention Design: Lessons from the Development of Eight Related Malaria Health Care Intervention Studies.

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CHANDLER, Clare IR, BURCHETT, Helen, BOYLE, Louise, ACHONDUH, Olivia, MBONYE, Anthony, DILIBERTO, Deborah, REYBURN, Hugh, ONWUJEKWE, Obinna, HAALAND, Ane, ROCA-FELTRER, Arantxa, BAIDEN, Frank, MBACHAM, Wilfred F, NDYOMUGYENYI, Richard, NANKYA, Florence, MANGHAM-JEFFERIES, Lindsay, CLARKE, Sian, MBAKILWA, Hilda, REYNOLDS, Joanna, LAL, Sham, LESLIE, Toby, MAITEKI-SEBUGUZI, Catherine, WEBSTER, Jayne, MAGNUSSEN, Pascal, ANSAH, Evelyn, HANSEN, Kristian S, HUTCHINSON, Eleanor, CUNDILL, Bonnie, YEUNG, Shunmay, SCHELLENBERG, David, STAEDKE, Sarah G, WISEMAN, Virginia, LALLOO, David G and WHITTY, Christopher JM (2016). Examining Intervention Design: Lessons from the Development of Eight Related Malaria Health Care Intervention Studies. Health systems and reform, 2 (4), 373-388. [Article]

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Abstract
Rigorous evidence of "what works" to improve health care is in demand, but methods for the development of interventions have not been scrutinized in the same ways as methods for evaluation. This article presents and examines intervention development processes of eight malaria health care interventions in East and West Africa. A case study approach was used to draw out experiences and insights from multidisciplinary teams who undertook to design and evaluate these studies. Four steps appeared necessary for intervention design: (1) definition of scope, with reference to evaluation possibilities; (2) research to inform design, including evidence and theory reviews and empirical formative research; (3) intervention design, including consideration and selection of approaches and development of activities and materials; and (4) refining and finalizing the intervention, incorporating piloting and pretesting. Alongside these steps, projects produced theories, explicitly or implicitly, about (1) intended pathways of change and (2) how their intervention would be implemented.The work required to design interventions that meet and contribute to current standards of evidence should not be underestimated. Furthermore, the process should be recognized not only as technical but as the result of micro and macro social, political, and economic contexts, which should be acknowledged and documented in order to infer generalizability. Reporting of interventions should go beyond descriptions of final intervention components or techniques to encompass the development process. The role that evaluation possibilities play in intervention design should be brought to the fore in debates over health care improvement.
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Official URL:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288...
Open Access URL:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/23288...
Open Access Version:
Published version
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Africa; Complex intervention design; Evidence based public health; Implementation science; Malaria
Page Range:
373-388
Event Location:
United States

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Identification Number:
10.1080/23288604.2016.1179086
ORCID for Helen Burchett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8380-2476
ORCID for Deborah DiLiberto: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0528-5773
ORCID for Joanna Reynolds: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-6750
ORCID for Jayne Webster: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0498-8883
ORCID for Pascal Magnussen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7372-0250
ORCID for Evelyn Ansah: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0401-8606
ORCID for Eleanor Hutchinson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9718-2407
ORCID for Shunmay Yeung: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0997-0850
ORCID for David Schellenberg: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8222-0186
ORCID for Virginia Wiseman: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7911-0741

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Symplectic Elements
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Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:
26 Apr 2023 09:42
Last Modified:
18 Dec 2024 18:45
Date of first compliant deposit:
26 April 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:
26 April 2023
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https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30950
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