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

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  • Mélanie Villeval

    (LEASP - UMR 1027 INSERM-Université Toulouse III
    Institut Fédératif d’Etudes et de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Santé Société)

  • Elsa Bidault

    (LEASP - UMR 1027 INSERM-Université Toulouse III
    Institut Fédératif d’Etudes et de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Santé Société)

  • 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
    Université Toulouse III)

  • 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
    Université Toulouse III)

  • 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
    Institut Fédératif d’Etudes et de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Santé Société
    Institut Claudius Régaud)

  • Thierry Lang

    (LEASP - UMR 1027 INSERM-Université Toulouse III
    Institut Fédératif d’Etudes et de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Santé Société
    CHU)

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.

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  • Mélanie Villeval & Elsa Bidault & Jeannie Shoveller & François Alias & Jean-Charles Basson & Catherine Frasse & Jean-Paul Génolini & Elisabeth Pons & Damien Verbiguié & Pascale Grosclaude & Thierry La, 2016. "Enabling the transferability of complex interventions: exploring the combination of an intervention’s key functions and implementation," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 61(9), pages 1031-1038, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:61:y:2016:i:9:d:10.1007_s00038-016-0809-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0809-9
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