'Around the edges': using behaviour change techniques to characterise a multilevel implementation strategy for a fall prevention programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation strategies are needed to ensure that evidence-based healthcare interventions are adopted successfully. However, strategies are generally poorly described and those used in everyday practice are seldom reported formally or fully understood. Characterising the active ingredients of existing strategies is necessary to test and refine implementation. We examined whether an implementation strategy, delivered across multiple settings targeting different stakeholders to support a fall prevention programme, could be characterised using the Behaviour Change Technique (BCT) Taxonomy.

Methods

Data sources included project plans, promotional material, interviews with a purposive sample of stakeholders involved in the strategy's design and delivery and observati

SUBMITTER: McHugh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6102850 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature