Assessing the applicability of public health intervention evaluations from one setting to another: a methodological study of the usability and usefulness of assessment tools and frameworks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public health interventions can be complicated, complex and context dependent, making the assessment of applicability challenging. Nevertheless, for them to be of use beyond the original study setting, they need to be generalisable to other settings and, crucially, research users need to be able to identify to which contexts it may be applicable. There are many tools with set criteria for assessing generalisability/applicability, yet few seem to be widely used and there is no consensus on which should be used, or when. This methodological study aimed to test these tools to assess how easy they were to use and how useful they appeared to be.

Methods

We identified tools from an existing review and an update of its search. References were screened on pre-specified cr

SUBMITTER: Burchett HED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6122596 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature