Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance - PubMed (original) (raw)

Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

Graham F Moore et al. BMJ. 2015.

Abstract

Process evaluation is an essential part of designing and testing complex interventions. New MRC guidance provides a framework for conducting and reporting process evaluation studies

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Competing interests: All authors have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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Figures

Fig 1 Key functions of process evaluation and relations among them (blue boxes are the key components of a process evaluation. Investigation of these components is shaped by a clear intervention description and informs interpretation of outcomes)

Fig 2 Logic model for the INCLUSIVE intervention to reduce violence and aggression in schools

Fig 3 Commonly used data collection and analysis methods for process evaluation

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Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance - PubMed (original) (raw)