Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit · University of Glasgow · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Improving the effectiveness of public health interventions relies as much on the attention paid to their design and feasibility as to their evaluation. Yet, compared to the vast literature on how to evaluate interventions, there is little to guide researchers or practitioners on how best to develop such interventions in practical, logical, evidence based ways to maximise likely effectiveness. Existing models for the development of public health interventions tend to have a strong social-psychological, individual behaviour change orientation and some take years to implement. This paper presents a pragmatic guide to six essential Steps for Quality Intervention Development (6SQuID). The focus is on public health…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 35.97
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 24
Authors
4- DWDaniel WightCorresponding
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
- EWErica Wimbush
Public Health Scotland
- RJRuth Jepson
Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, University of Edinburgh
- LDLawrence Doi
Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, University of Edinburgh
Topics & keywords
- Psychological intervention
- Scope (computer science)
- Intervention (counseling)
- Process (computing)
- Quality (philosophy)
- Process management
- Management science
- Public health