Process Evaluations for the Scale-Up of Complex Interventions - a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Complex health interventions (CHIs) are common in (public) health and social care practice and policy. A process evaluation (PE) is an essential part of designing and testing CHIs and questions what is implemented, the mechanisms of change, and how context affects implementation. The scale-up of CHIs is challenging and heterogeneous, making the accompanying PE unique to the nature of the inquiry.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review to describe the current practice of conducting PEs alongside or following the scale-up of CHI. Eight primary data sources were searched and data extracted on study characteristics, intervention characteristics, methods used in relation to the PE, and stakeholders included.

Results

We reviewed 10,538 records and included 56 st

SUBMITTER: Rathod L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11546072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature