Designing process evaluations using case study to explore the context of complex interventions evaluated in trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Process evaluations are an important component of an effectiveness evaluation as they focus on understanding the relationship between interventions and context to explain how and why interventions work or fail, and whether they can be transferred to other settings and populations. However, historically, context has not been sufficiently explored and reported resulting in the poor uptake of trial results. Therefore, suitable methodologies are needed to guide the investigation of context. Case study is one appropriate methodology, but there is little guidance about what case study design can offer the study of context in trials. We address this gap in the literature by presenting a number of important considerations for process evaluation using a case study design.

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SUBMITTER: Grant A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694311 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature