Enabling the transferability of complex interventions: exploring the combination of an intervention’s key functions and implementation

Mélanie Villeval (), Elsa Bidault, Jeannie Shoveller, François Alias, Jean-Charles Basson, Catherine Frasse, Jean-Paul Génolini, Elisabeth Pons, Damien Verbiguié, Pascale Grosclaude and Thierry Lang
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Mélanie Villeval: LEASP - UMR 1027 INSERM-Université Toulouse III
Elsa Bidault: LEASP - UMR 1027 INSERM-Université Toulouse III
Jeannie Shoveller: University of British Columbia
François Alias: Instance Régionale d’Education et de Promotion de la Santé
Jean-Charles Basson: Institut Fédératif d’Etudes et de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Santé Société
Catherine Frasse: Réseau de Prévention et de Prise en Charge de l’Obésité Pédiatrique Midi-Pyrénées
Jean-Paul Génolini: Institut Fédératif d’Etudes et de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Santé Société
Elisabeth Pons: Service Communal d’Hygiène et de Santé
Damien Verbiguié: Toulouse Aviron Sports et Loisirs
Pascale Grosclaude: LEASP - UMR 1027 INSERM-Université Toulouse III
Thierry Lang: LEASP - UMR 1027 INSERM-Université Toulouse III

International Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 61, issue 9, No 6, 1038 pages

Abstract: Abstract Objectives Several public health interventions are not described, not evaluated and not transferred. The objective was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using a description model making a distinction between interventions’ transferable elements, and those that are more context-specific, to make their evaluation and transferability easier. Methods The theoretical distinction between an intervention function and its form in a specific context has been empirically explored. A community-based intervention (named “Ciné-Ma-Santé”) has been described, using a “key function/implementation/context” model. This process has been co-constructed through qualitative research and knowledge exchange process between project leaders and researchers from different disciplines. Results The use of the model proves feasible and useful for both project leaders and researchers. Nine key functions were described, as well as their implementation and the features of the intervention context. Conclusions Rendering explicit key functions of public health interventions could constitute a useful step to their evaluation and transfer. It enables the formulation of hypotheses regarding the potentially standardizable elements of interventions, and elements that can be modified while maintaining the integrity of the intervention.

Keywords: Complex interventions; Transferability; Social inequalities in health; Community-based intervention; Intervention description (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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