Policymakers' experience of a capacity-building intervention designed to increase their use of research: a realist process evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An intervention's success depends on how participants interact with it in local settings. Process evaluation examines these interactions, indicating why an intervention was or was not effective, and how it (and similar interventions) can be improved for better contextual fit. This is particularly important for innovative trials like Supporting Policy In health with Research: an Intervention Trial (SPIRIT), where causal mechanisms are poorly understood. SPIRIT was testing a multi-component intervention designed to increase the capacity of health policymakers to use research.

Methods

Our mixed-methods process evaluation sought to explain variation in observed process effects across the six agencies that participated in SPIRIT. Data collection included observations o

SUBMITTER: Haynes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701502 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature