Title
The value of process evaluation for public health interventions: field-case studies for non-communicable disease prevention and management in five countries
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Brandt L.R.
Cornejo-Vucovich E.
Denman C.A.
Malavera A.
Mukherjee A.
Ouyang M.
Praveen D.
Schierhout G.
Sun Y.
Yin X.
Zhang P.
Liu H.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica
Abstract
Complex interventions are needed to effectively tackle noncommunicable diseases. However, complex interventions can contain a mix of effective and ineffective actions. Process evaluation (PE) in public health research is of great value as it could clarify the mechanisms and contextual factors associated with variation in the outcomes, better identify effective components, and inform adaptation of the intervention. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the value of PE through five case studies that span the research cycle. The interventions include using digital health, salt reduction strategies, use of fixed dose combinations, and task shifting. Insights of the methods used, and the implications of the PE findings to the project, were discussed. PE of complex interventions can refute or confirm the hypothesized mechanisms of action, thereby enabling intervention refinement, and identifying implementation strategies that can address local contextual needs, so as to improve service delivery and public health outcomes.
Start page
56
End page
66
Volume
64
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermería
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Subjects
DOI
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85132544343
PubMed ID
Source
Salud Publica de Mexico
ISSN of the container
00363634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus