Operationalizing Primary Outcomes to Achieve Reach, Effectiveness, and Equity in Multilevel Interventions.

ABSTRACT: When intervention scientists plan a clinical trial of an intervention, they select an outcome metric that operationalizes their definition of intervention success. The outcome metric that is selected has important implications for which interventions are eventually supported for implementation at scale and, therefore, what health benefits (including how much benefit and for whom) are experienced in a population. Particularly when an intervention is to be implemented in a population that experiences a health disparity, the outcome metric that is selected can also have implications for equity. Some outcome metrics risk exacerbating an existing health disparity, while others may decrease disparities for some but have less effect for the larger population. In this study, we use a computer to s

SUBMITTER: Guastaferro K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11239781 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature