Application of core functions and forms in complex health intervention research: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The ability of healthcare, community and public health systems to effectively implement and disseminate research innovations depends on contextual factors at multiple interconnected levels of influence (eg, the innovation, individual, provider/implementor, organisation and health system). Recently, there has been an increase in the development of complex interventions designed to target multiple levels, designed for or adapted to the context in which they are delivered. Two concepts from complex systems thinking have been increasingly used to operationalise such interventions-core functions (theory and evidence-driven purposes of interventions) and forms (adaptable activities that perform each core function). However, there is a gap in the literature regarding how thes

SUBMITTER: Fox K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749525 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature