Process Evaluation of a Comprehensive Intervention for the Early Detection and Prevention of Oral Cancer: A Mixed Methods Study

ABSTRACT: Process evaluations help to understand and refine health interventions. The “ISAC” intervention targeted the enhancement of early detection and prevention of oral cancer (OC) through tobacco-cessation counseling, patient communications, and ISAC role-modeling. Over six months, throughout ISAC implementation in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia, Linnan and Steckler’s process evaluation framework’s specified indicators were assessed, by mixed methods, on context, reach, dose delivered, dose received, fidelity, recruitment, and participant’s satisfaction. Findings showed that 47 of 80 (58.75%) eligible dentists were reached and received all components. Thirty-six (76.6%) participants reported reading all intervention materials, visited the ISAC website, scored high on the perceived quality of

SUBMITTER: Moafa I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9223362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature