The CORE (Consensus on Relevant Elements) Approach to Determining Initial Core Components of an Innovation.

ABSTRACT: Identifying an intervention's core components is indispensable to gauging whether an intervention is implemented with fidelity and/or is modified; it is often a multi-stage process, starting with the first stage of identifying an initial set of core components that are gradually refined. This first stage of identifying initial core components has not been thoroughly examined. Without a clear set of steps to follow, interventions may vary in the rigor and thought applied to identifying their initial core components. We devised the CORE (Consensus on Relevant Elements) approach to synthesize opinions of intervention developers/implementers to identify an intervention's initial core components, particularly applicable to innovative interventions. We applied CORE to a peer-based intervention t

SUBMITTER: Kalver EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012682 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature