Examining Intervention Design: Lessons from the Development of Eight Related Malaria Health Care Intervention Studies.

ABSTRACT: Abstract-Rigorous evidence of "what works" to improve health care is in demand, but methods for the development of interventions have not been scrutinized in the same ways as methods for evaluation. This article presents and examines intervention development processes of eight malaria health care interventions in East and West Africa. A case study approach was used to draw out experiences and insights from multidisciplinary teams who undertook to design and evaluate these studies. Four steps appeared necessary for intervention design: (1) definition of scope, with reference to evaluation possibilities; (2) research to inform design, including evidence and theory reviews and empirical formative research; (3) intervention design, including consideration and selection of approaches and

SUBMITTER: Chandler CIR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6176770 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature