Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

Graham F Moore; Suzanne Audrey; Mary Barker; Lyndal Bond; Chris Bonell; Wendy Hardeman; Laurence Moore; Alicia O'Cathain; Tannaze Tinati; Daniel Wight; Janis Baird

doi:10.1136/bmj.h1258

Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

BMJ. 2015 Mar 19:350:h1258. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1258.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ DECIPHer UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK MooreG@cardiff.ac.uk.
² DECIPHer UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
⁵ Department of Childhood, Families and Health, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK.
⁶ Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁷ MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK MooreG@cardiff.ac.uk.
⁸ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁹ MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Guidelines as Topic*
Humans
Public Health
Research Design*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding