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

摘要: Abstract—Rigorous evidence of “what works” to improve health care is in demand, but methods for the development interventions have not been scrutinized same ways as evaluation. This article presents and examines intervention processes eight malaria East West Africa. A case study approach was used draw out experiences insights from multidisciplinary teams who undertook design evaluate these studies. Four steps appeared necessary design: (1) definition scope, with reference evaluation possibilities; (2) research inform design, including theory reviews empirical formative research; (3) consideration selection approaches activities materials; (4) refining finalizing intervention, incorporating piloting pretesting. Alongside steps, projects produced theories, explicitly or implicitly, about intended ...