From trials to communities: implementation and scale-up of health behaviour interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To maximise their potential benefits to communities, effective health behaviour interventions need to be implemented, ideally 'at scale', and are often adapted as part of this. To inform future implementation and scale-up efforts, this study broadly sought to understand (i) how often health behaviour interventions are implemented in communities, (ii) the adaptations that occur; (iii) how frequency it occurred 'at scale'; and (iv) factors associated with 'scale-up'.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted of corresponding authors of trials (randomised or non-randomised) assessing the effects of preventive health behaviour interventions. Included studies of relevant Cochrane reviews served as a sampling frame. Participants were asked to report on the implemen

SUBMITTER: McCrabb S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10388470 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature